North Carolina Courts Allow High School Athletes to Utilize Their NIL Rights

By Robert J. Romano, JD, LLM, St. John’s University, Senior Writer and Dr. Denise Kamyuka, University of Michigan – Dearborn College athletics in the United States underwent a substantial change in July of 2021 after individual states began enacting laws to permit student-athletes to legally monetize their name, image, and likeness (NIL) without the fear of losing either their athletic scholarship or eligibility. These state laws, for the most part, now allow college athletes to receive c