In an article featured in the Dallas Bar Association’s Headnotes publication, Yaman Desai and Daniela Holmes  outline the ramifications of the NCAA allowing its member schools to directly pay athletes. In the aftermath of the settlement reached through House v. NCAA, the organization created the College Sports Commission to police the revenue-based pools used to pay athletes and assure compliance with NIL restrictions. But some schools appear to be deliberately exceeding those limits, without penalty.

Instead of agreeing to the stricter enforcement mechanisms, schools appear to be spurning the rules altogether. Desperate to fill out their rosters and compete for championships, schools across the nation are offering athletes multi-million-dollar contracts.

The complete article in the March issue is available here.