Mississippi High School NIL

[SteelCurtain74]

I need one of you more in the know to clarify something for me. It's my understanding the Mississippi state legislature passed a law around 2021 that gave student athletes access to NIL but it prohibited high school students from NIL.

I see this article written a couple of days ago about Deuce Knight:

Deuce Knight makes history as one of Mississippi’s first high school athletes to receive NIL

Deuce Knight is officially one of the first high schoolers in the state of Mississippi to sign an NIL endorsement deal.

www.wlox.com

Now my understanding is he's not receiving any money until after the season but this potentially has bad precedent written all over it.

Am I missing something here?

 

[The Cooterpoot]

Top softball player in college softball just got a deal for over $1MM @ Texas Tech. I know some people that need to see the Budgeting Tips thread on here. No softball player had ever gotten over $200K before.

 

[8dog]

MS House Bill 2417. It’s the one no one at state will talk about. It’s the one OM is using to shift money from the school to the Grove Collective.

It allows for athletes being recruited to play college to get NIL. Effective 7/1/24. Not sure how it’s codified.

https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/SB/2400-2499/SB2417SG.pdf

@SteelCurtain74

 

[horshack.sixpack]

I need one of you more in the know to clarify something for me. It's my understanding the Mississippi state legislature passed a law around 2021 that gave student athletes access to NIL but it prohibited high school students from NIL.

I see this article written a couple of days ago about Deuce Knight:

Deuce Knight makes history as one of Mississippi’s first high school athletes to receive NIL

Deuce Knight is officially one of the first high schoolers in the state of Mississippi to sign an NIL endorsement deal.

www.wlox.com

Now my understanding is he's not receiving any money until after the season but this potentially has bad precedent written all over it.

Am I missing something here?

So he is getting NIL money for being a high school player, or from a group associated with an interested university?

Also, I really want to know how a high school kid defines "life changing" money. For me that would have been about $300...

 

[onewoof]

MRA war room is ready for high school NIL, considers how to extend first ever payments to athletes, since all previous and current atheletes attend for free

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

I need one of you more in the know to clarify something for me. It's my understanding the Mississippi state legislature passed a law around 2021 that gave student athletes access to NIL but it prohibited high school students from NIL.

I see this article written a couple of days ago about Deuce Knight:

Deuce Knight makes history as one of Mississippi’s first high school athletes to receive NIL

Deuce Knight is officially one of the first high schoolers in the state of Mississippi to sign an NIL endorsement deal.

www.wlox.com

Now my understanding is he's not receiving any money until after the season but this potentially has bad precedent written all over it.

Am I missing something here?

If I'd have had NIL when I played high school football, I would've asked Pizza Inn for one free 3-meat pizza and a pitcher of beer a week.

 

[Shmuley]

If I'd have had NIL when I played high school football, I would've asked Pizza Inn for one free 3-meat pizza and a pitcher of beer a week.

Would have held out for Godfather's.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

My best friend worked at Pizza Inn. He would've cooked me a real Pizza, not something out of the factory.

P.S. And the jukebox would be playing "Paradise By The Dashboard Light" the whole time I was there.

Would have held out for Godfather's.

 

[jethreauxdawg]

I got NIL money in high school. One company paid me to have my photo taken loading their trucks out of a warehouse all summer long. I don’t think they ever took photos, but I put in the reps just in case.

 

[Herbert Nenninger]

When I was in 8th grade, a local juco coach got me a discounted tennis racket and free tennis bag. Pretty scandalous; surprised there wasn’t a 30 for 30 made about it.

 

[Bulldog45]

A trading card company is basically betting that he and other QBs live up to the hype I suppose. I don’t have a problem with it. As long as they aren’t being steered toward a particular school by the deal more power to them and NCAA and the government should stay out of it.

“Knight’s first NIL deal is with Leaf Trading Cards for a reported “life-changing” amount of money.”

Article about Memphis commit has some more detail

The 6-foot-4.5, 215-pound signal-caller joins a growing list of top high school talent to join Leaf. Notre Dame quarterback commit Deuce Knight, USCquarterback commit Julian Lewisand Tennessee quarterback commit George MacIntyre have all signed.

 

[kired]

Local gas station would hook me up with a free chicken biscuit on game days. Luckily mhsaa didn’t find out and strip us of that district championship

 

[M R DAWGS]

Get government involved, and they’ll 17 up a wet dream. The sense of entitlement from these kids will overfloweth, and the people paying them are idiots.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Would have held out for Godfather's.

Wonder what his favorite toppings were?

 

[PBDog]

he’s had quite the high school path. so much hype over low 4 star— just another straw on this 5hitty college camel. looking forward to the implosion.