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GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A young man considered one of the top high school athletes in the country is suing North Carolina education officials over restrictions on endorsements for high school athletes. A lawsuit filed by Rolanda Brandon on Friday takes aim at the North Carolina State Board of Education and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction over their decision to ban high school athletes from participating in NIL deals. While the teenager is not named directly in the suit because he is a minor, Rolanda Brandon identified herself as the mother of a Guilford County-based top high school athlete who is committed to University of Tennessee after graduation.

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Posted by Quicksilver

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Posted on 8/27/24 at 10:05 am to dstone12

Law bodies will eventually figure out that you can't have a free market and also restrict certain groups from making money off their NIL. You either ban all people aged below 18 from doing so which sounds like a complete shite show waiting to happen, or you don't ban anyone.

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Posted by VolSquatch

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Posted on 8/27/24 at 12:20 pm to Quicksilver

The idea that you should be able to make money off your own name is a completely American and morally correct idea. Who should be able to tell me I can't sign a football for someone and they give me $200 or whatever for it? The problem is what NIL has become where its basically just a salary.

And even though I am a fan I have to acknowledge that UT is one of several schools that has really bought in and capitalized on it, and has already benefitted on the field from it and likely will continue to. But it is the law of the land for now so it is what it is, no matter if I like it or not.

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Posted by TideWarrior