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Jensen Beach’s Tim Caffey and Vero Beach’s Lenny Jankowski have each seen and evolved through numerous changes in the decades they’ve roamed the sidelines at the high school level.
Following the Florida High School Athletic Association’s latest ruling, the two football coaches now have yet another wrinkle in running their respective programs.
Florida became the 36th state in the country to permit Name, Image and Likeness deals for prep athletes as the FHSAA and 13-member board of directors unanimously approved of the measure on Tuesday.
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“I can say honestly I don’t like it, I don’t agree with it, but they decided they wanted to do it and we have to follow those rules,” Caffey said.
Jankowski, who is also Vero Beach’s athletic director, added: “We all kind of felt like it was coming sooner than later, but that being said, for anybody that’s been (coaching) at least for as long as I’ve been doing it, I don’t think it’s anything that we signed up for.”
As soon as the 2024-25 season, students and their parents or guardians will be allowed to construct deals from businesses and profit off their athlete’s name, image and likeness.
There are a number of restrictions, however.
Westwood’s John Williams III (left) makes a tackle against Fort Pierce Central in a high school football game, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, at Lawnwood Stadium.
Schools are prohibited from using NIL to recruit while, unlike the NCAA, collectives are prohibted as well. Additionally, athletes can not earn NIL money while using things connected to their school, such as its logo or uniform. Lastly, athletes can not secure a NIL deal following an in-season transfer without a good-cause exemption from its school district.
Even with the provisions,…
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Publish date : 2024-06-04 18:58:00
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