Monday, August 2, 2021

A high school quarterback is skipping his senior year and enrolling at Ohio State so he can start accepting endorsement money immediately


Yahoo:
Prior to the NIL change, Ewers was headed into his senior season at Southlake Carroll High School, located outside Dallas. The school is a traditional power that reached the state final last season, plays in a 12,000-seat stadium and is scheduled to open its season in a nationally televised game

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His decision to leave high school football raises the question of whether the state of Texas, where Friday Night Lights are an indelible part of the culture, is now at a disadvantage at the highest levels because of the state rule. The ability to earn money off NIL remains on a state-by-state basis at the high school level. Texas is one of the few states with a law that explicitly forbids it.