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🗓️ 23 August 2021
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In late June, the college sports landscape changed forever when the NCAA's Board of Governors voted to allow student athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness -- or NIL. Notre Dame star safety Kyle Hamilton and his family have wasted no time in exploring what this new reality means for his ability to build a brand before he even enters the NFL as potential top-10 pick. Today The Athletic's Pete Sampson takes us inside Hamilton's new life as both a football player and a trailblazer in the new world of NIL and college athletics.
Read Pete Sampson's story about Kyle Hamilton here: https://theathletic.com/2754680/2021/08/06/inside-kyle-hamilton-inc-notre-dame-stars-unofficial-family-startup/
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0:46.0 | Up until now, college athletes were unpaid amateurs. But soon they'll get to have a piece of their multi-billion dollar industry. |
1:00.0 | For the first time, all NCAA athletes are now able to make money from a wide variety of business ventures without losing their eligibility. |
1:09.0 | Back in June, on the heels of a major Supreme Court ruling, the NCAA announced that college athletes |
1:18.0 | would be allowed to make money off their name, image, and likeness. And that announcement was met with quite a bit of support. |
1:24.0 | These athletes are the ones that I've been producing, so I'm happy that they have a chance to actually make some money. |
1:31.0 | Today, the Athletics Pete Sampson, who covers Notre Dame football, explains how that rule change has impacted the life of one very talented |
1:38.0 | and enterprising fighting Irish player. For Wondery and the Athletic, I'm under Skelto. |
1:43.0 | It's Monday, August 23rd, and this is The Lead. |
1:52.0 | So Pete, you recently wrote about how college athletes knew right to make money is playing out for one of college football's brightest stars, |
1:59.0 | Notre Dame defensive back Kyle Hamilton. But before we get into the business side of things, can you tell us about Kyle Hamilton, the football player? |
2:06.0 | He is a top 10 pick a year from now, almost certainly, which is kind of a bold thing to say for a safety, because it's not a position that goes at that level very often. |
2:16.0 | But you don't find six foot four, 220 pounds, who can play safety very often either. |
2:22.0 | Third, and he loved it. Cutting it, Rose broken up Kyle Hamilton from the middle of the field, the sensational sophomore safety breaks it up, bringing out for Louisville. |
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