The state of Mississippi will make NIL money tax-exempt.

[Palatine]

This would stretch their NIL dollars and gain a recruiting advantage for their schools over other states.

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2026/03/02/nil-tax-exempt-ms-house-bill-helps-ole-miss-mississippi-state/88897237007/

 

[blkknight1]

Yeah but it’s still Mississippi. Plus states like Florida and Texas already don’t have income tax

 

[Waquoit]

That's a true perversion of tax policy. It's embarrassing.

 

[jibsey]

A 6-7% advantage is not that big a deal.

 

[HU5KIES]

A 6-7% advantage is not that big a deal.

Would be ~$400k-500k for AJ Dybantsa

 

[ScottCT]

This is truly a Mississippi thing to do. They can do this but they are the poorest state in the country and are at the very bottom in education. Glad to see they got their priorities straight.

 

[jibsey]

Would be ~$400k-500k for AJ Dybantsa

There are very few of these individual salaries around. That might be the savings for their entire team’s NIL if it was 7 million.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

This would stretch their NIL dollars and gain a recruiting advantage for their schools over other states.

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2026/03/02/nil-tax-exempt-ms-house-bill-helps-ole-miss-mississippi-state/88897237007/

Who doesn't love a feelgood news story linking Mississippi and education?

 

[ddent68]

This is truly a Mississippi thing to do. They can do this but they are the poorest state in the country and are at the very bottom in education. Glad to see they got their priorities straight.

Wrong. They rank 16th nationally. Higher than MA and CT in some metrics

 

[ddent68]

Look up the Mississippi Miracle

 

[bendm]

This is a football move. I can’t name a college bball player that played in Mississippi since Lawrence Roberts.

 

[HuskyHawk]

This is a football move. I can’t name a college bball player that played in Mississippi since Lawrence Roberts.

Yes. Losing their coach to LSU stings.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

A few extra percentage points of NIL income, but you still have to live in Mississippi

 

[NJHusky]

A few extra percentage points of NIL income, but you still have to live in Mississippi

Didn’t seem to bother Eli Manning or Dart

 

[Palatine]

This is truly a Mississippi thing to do. They can do this but they are the poorest state in the country and are at the very bottom in education. Glad to see they got their priorities straight.

Get with the times. Mississippi reading scores are flying up the charts. They have gone back to phonics based system and it really works. They call it the Mississippi Miracle, look it up.

The NIL tax thing is, for the time being, an SEC thing. Arkansas passed a similar bill last year, and Tennessee already has no state income tax, as do Florida and Texas. This will give universities in these state an advantage.

 

[JungleLobo]

A 6-7% advantage is not that big a deal.

It is when you combine it with the opportunity to go to school with products of the nation’s 40th ranked school system.

 

[brihman]

Get with the times. Mississippi reading scores are flying up the charts. They have gone back to phonics based system and it really works. They call it the Mississippi Miracle, look it up.

The NIL tax thing is, for the time being, an SEC thing. Arkansas passed a similar bill last year, and Tennessee already has no state income tax, as do Florida and Texas. This will give universities in these state an advantage.

My only conclusion here is that we need to stop taxing NIL so our basketball and reading can improve here in CT as well.

 

[HuskyHawk]

It is when you combine it with the opportunity to go to school with products of the nation’s 40th ranked school system.

Yeah, what football player would want that?

 

[Rocktheworld]

That's a true perversion of tax policy. It's embarrassing.

We’re talking about universities in southern states who used to pay players by laundering money through churches in order to get an advantage, which was eliminated as soon as the playing field was leveled and schools with well-off alumni (B1G) were allowed to legally and directly pay players. Not to mention their broader social views. The entire region is a national embarrassment through and through

 

[Dove]

This is a football move. I can’t name a college bball player that played in Mississippi since Lawrence Roberts.

Lawrence who?

 

[bendm]

Get with the times. Mississippi reading scores are flying up the charts. They have gone back to phonics based system and it really works. They call it the Mississippi Miracle, look it up.

The NIL tax thing is, for the time being, an SEC thing. Arkansas passed a similar bill last year, and Tennessee already has no state income tax, as do Florida and Texas. This will give universities in these state an advantage.

Mississippians reading = a miracle?

 

[Duncan Idaho]

Wrong. They rank 16th nationally. Higher than MA and CT in some metrics

It is a great accomplishment. Don't think it ranks very high on many newcomers' destination list.

 

[Chin Diesel]

It is a great accomplishment. Don't think it ranks very high on many newcomers' destination list.

That is a dilemma for Mississippi. The gains in primary school reading should hopefully lead to better outcomes for high school graduates and more follow-on opportunities.

Problem is, Mississippi as a state, pretty much sucks. Some casinos in Biloxi, some manufacturing in Pascagoula, but that is about it. Most of the state has nothing to offer any major company look to move or invest. Heck, it has Alabama to the east and Louisiana to the west, and Miss still comes in third place out of those three by a large margin.

 

[upstater]

This would stretch their NIL dollars and gain a recruiting advantage for their schools over other states.

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2026/03/02/nil-tax-exempt-ms-house-bill-helps-ole-miss-mississippi-state/88897237007/

This doesn't work in the real world.

Come over to my house and replace my roof for free.

I'll pay you $25k for the right to place you on a sign outside my house advertising my Ice Cream business. What do roofers do when it gets really hot? EAT More Daisy Cow Ice cream!!

 

[upstater]

Wrong. They rank 16th nationally. Higher than MA and CT in some metrics

One of two things going on.

#1 The metric is bogus.
#2 They only care about scoring on whatever test that is.