So make sure you get paid up front or have specific terms by sticking to these three tips , you'll have a leg up on your peers and know what to do when brands approach you . Now that we know not to do with brands , here are three tips that all college athletes can use to capitalize on nil the right way . Lots of my teammates when I was in college came up to me and were always asking how I got NL deals and I thought I might as well just give you guys the full playbook .
And without further ado , let's talk about how we got here in the first place on July 1st 2021 . The NC A changed everything forever allowing college athletes to profit off their name image and likeness prior to this , all college athletes couldn't monetize their likeness , make money off camps , autographs , et cetera . It's pretty much the main reason why E A stopped making those college sports video games because they couldn't pay the players for their likeness .
In fact , it would have been celebrated by the NCAA . You see when college athletes become content creators and are sharing their lives on social media , they're actually impacting the next generation of college athlete recruits , which brings me to my first topic , how nil impacts recruiting . Now , there's plenty of ways that NL has impacted college sports recruiting , but we're going to look at the top three reasons starting with the impact on future recruits .
Today , we're going to look at the evolution of social media on college recruiting and talk about how college athletic departments are completely changing everything they're doing because of it . Stick around until the end to find out my tips on how you can capitalize and monetize yourself as a college athlete . And without further ado , let's talk about how we got here in the first place on July 1st 2021 .
Now since the inception of NL brands have been looking to college to help promote their company , but not all of them are doing it in the most appropriate way . Brands exploiting college athletes is just a common reality of n so it's up to the athletes to make sure they're doing their due diligence before accepting agreements with brand . So many young college recruits will get approached by brands , but it's important to know what you can and what you can't do as well as what value are you providing to the brand ?
