The Florida High School Athletic Association’s board of directors is walking a tightrope regardless of whether they realize it.
It’s been little more than a week since the FHSAA board discussed name, image and likeness. It will be an ongoing discussion, and the group has scheduled a workshop for April.
NIL at the high school level in Florida has inherent issues the board needs to address.
How does the FHSAA allow student-athletes to profit from NIL while keeping the integrity of sport?
How much enforcement does the FHSAA want to have, especially considering the state’s open enrollment policy?
How much NIL education should the FHSAA demand — as some other state associations do — for school administration, coaches and athletes?
Is there a way to open the NIL door but keep shady street agents from walking through it arm-in-arm with the athletes?
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These are just some of the things the FHSAA directors, we can hope, are thinking through.
But that’s not the tightrope.
The tightrope that could have very long-lasting ramifications is: How will the FHSAA approve NIL while the vast majority of its public school football coaches are getting paid less than a dollar an hour each year?
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Several coaches, who declined to go on the record, have voiced their concerns over the potential for players getting paid while their pay remains stagnant year after year. Some coaches have left or threatened to leave the state and head for literally greener pastures.
Just last week, Travis Roland left Mainland, his alma mater, to become the head coach…
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Author : Daytona Beach News-Journal
Publish date : 2024-03-06 17:53:53
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