GAINESVILLE (SNN-TV) – Georgia has approved name, image and likeness compensation for its high school athletes, and the wheels could be in motion for Florida to do the same.
The FHSAA is currently in the process of drafting a proposal that will be given to the board of directors for review at the next board of directors meeting on November 5th. The board also is scheduled to meet in February, April, and June next year.
The Georgia High School Association approved a bylaw allowing high school athletes to profit from NIL yesterday, becoming the 30th state to allow high school athletes to profit from NIL.
While more than half of the states in the country allow high school athletes to profit from NIL, including California and New York, associations in the Southeast have been hesitant. Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia allow it, but Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, and South Carolina are among the states that do not.