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Several startups like ATHLYT have begun to connect advertisers with their student-athlete members shortly after the NCAA enacted their interim NIL policies. Grambling University signed what is believed to be one of the first NIL deals in 2022. [10] In July 2023, multiple bills were introduced by members of Congress to regulate NIL. [11] [12] [13]
College athletes earned an estimated $917 million in the first year of Name Image and Likeness (NIL) payments, which began in July 2021, according to new data from Opendorse.
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Porter, David L. Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary. ISBN 9780313309526 – via Books.Google.com. Internet Archive (registration required) 1994–95 NBA Guide; 2006–07 NBA Register, player bios, including all-time greats; The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia; Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia
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By age 16, O'Neal had grown to 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m), [21] and he began playing basketball at Robert G. Cole High School. He led his team to a 68–1 record over two years and helped the team win the state championship during his senior year. [24] His 791 rebounds during the 1989 season remains a state record for a player in any classification. [25]
Basketball began with its invention in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts, by Canadian physical education instructor James Naismith as a less injury-prone sport than football. Naismith was a 31-year-old graduate student when he created the indoor sport to keep athletes indoors during the winters. [ 1 ]
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