The Price To Play: College & Youth Sports

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

New rules allowing young athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness are stirring debate. How are lucrative deals impacting the game, ethics and players? Dr Phil discusses whether N.I.L is fair game.

From kindergarten through college, students at all levels are competing in athletics. New NCAA rules known as Name, Image, and Likeness allow student athletes to profit off their skill and popularity. The potential for youth stars to receive lucrative deals is changing the game. But is it for the better? Critics say N.I.L is eroding sportsmanship, creating entitled athletes and a new crop of 'sports manager' parents, pushing their kids to the brink for some bucks. Dr. Phil talks to N.I.L sensations the Cavinder Twins, a youth sports trainer, an ambitious basketball dad, and a former pro tennis player about the intense highs and harsh realities of competitive sports.

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0:00.0	Henry Jolly is laser focused on getting his 10-year-old twin boys to the NBA.
0:05.0	They work out about 40 hours a week?
0:07.0	Yes.
0:08.0	It looks like a job.
0:09.0	Did you guys ever wake up and not want to practice?
0:11.0	There's no greater burden on a child than a parent living vicariously through them.
0:17.0	Absolutely, and it happens often.
0:19.0	Have you thought about what they might do after the NBA?
0:21.4	80% of the players within three years of being out of the league are in financial distress.
0:36.0	Well, it's one of the best parts about being a child, getting outside and getting active.
0:42.3	More than half of America's youth participate in organized sports.
0:46.3	Little League Soccer, tennis, volleyball, basketball, football.
0:50.3	The list just goes on, and the dreams are big.
0:57.9	Many of those kids hope to become the next star athlete,
1:02.7	but the percentage of those who go pro is low.
1:06.0	Only 1% will make it.
1:10.0	Now, many young athletes also hope for a college scholarship and the opportunity to build
1:12.1	their talent at a university while getting an education.
1:16.6	However, new rules in college sports are making that move a big business decision.
1:23.3	Now, high school and college athletes are now allowed to profit off their name, image,
1:28.2	and likeness.
1:29.5	It's known as NIL.
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