OT: NIL deal....for a junior guard [guy-side]...millions...junior in high school!

[Blakeon18]

Mikey Williams signs with Excel Sports for NIL deal expected to 'generate millions' for high school basketball star

High school guard Mikey Williams has signed a NIL deal with Excel Sports management that is expected to generate millions of dollars for the scoring phenom.

www.espn.com

Ranked #7 in class of 2023.

Is the amount real or just to attract publicity? Apparently this is only for this one association...others coming?

 

[Mdoggie]

Good for him.

 

[LoboDays]

Things are changing at a mind-boggling pace. You couldn’t have predicted what we are seeing a year ago. A teenager, a basketball, a cell phone……….a millionaire.

 

[eebmg]

Since the title link did not have a name, I actually thought it was Paige.

 

[Alydar]

https://www.espn.com/high-school/st...generate-millions-high-school-basketball-star

Ranked #7 in class of 2023.

Is the amount real or just to attract publicity? Apparently this is only for this one association...others coming?

Notice that Exel "expects" millions. They aren't paying it. I expect to see a bunch of anecdotal evidence of huge "expectations" of wealth before and during the season and little written about actual $$$ changing hands. And when one newly wealthy athlete makes a poor decision or gets swindled the anti-pay folks will use that to demand an end to NIL.

Frankly I'm sick of reading about the subject.