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Best of luck to him. The NIL budget last year at GW was not that great, but maybe he gets more playing time in DC.
Column: In the pay-to-play era, GW athletics needs a new strategy
The decision to pay athletes is essentially the start of a quasi-professional league and possibly the death of college sports. It’s a money game now, and for schools with smaller athletic programs like GW, the odds are stacked against them.
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Before the house ruling, NIL has served as a replacement for financial opportunities in college sports by allowing student-athletes to profit through third-party deals. GW has their own NIL collective, Friends of George collective, that has spent $4 million overall on its men’s basketball program. But GW’s NIL collective pales in comparison to athletes at other schools who are making millions of dollars alone in NIL offers. In an interview from 2023, men’s basketball Head Coach Chris Caputo acknowledged recruits and transfers considering other schools for better NIL earning opportunities.
