FSU sports: How NIL policy impacts the Seminoles
By Drew Nixon
NIL adds a new wrinkle to recruiting, and how coaches utilize it can be of a big benefit. Before the NCAA adopted an interim NIL policy, certain states, including Florida, would benefit. However, the NCAA wisely came up with something to make it as even as possible.
Could you imagine the recruiting with only six or seven states having NIL? It’d be crazy. For FSU sports, that would be great, given they would have a pitch only a few other top programs would have.
But that’s not the way it worked out, probably for the better. But in terms of pitches, all of the coaches at Florida State can include what the possibilities are of monetizing NIL and playing for the Seminoles. For 16, 17, and 18-year olds, money always sounds nice.
FSU alum Deion Sanders had an interesting point with his appearance on “I AM ATHLETE” about what he has planned regarding NIL for some of his players:
We have seen the impacts already with many deals made, and partnerships formed. This provides an opportunity for FSU and how it recruits its prospects. For example, you have an athlete from Destin, FL.
That athlete is a 5-star prospect and is recruited by everybody in the country, including the Seminoles. If that athlete is about making the most of their NIL and profiting, wouldn’t it make more sense to go somewhere closer to home given you could have more endorsement opportunities? That’s where FSU and its coaches come into play.
Not only can an athlete go to a program that is in a Power 5 conference, but you can be close to home and make more money than you might, say at an Alabama for football, or Duke for basketball. Coaches can enhance those opportunities as well with people they know. Similar to what Deion Sanders was talking about. Everyone wins in that scenario. The program, Florida State University, and the athlete.
Team Management will be one of the more intriguing things that come with NIL. Full of guarantees and possibilities.