nil

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As of last month, according to Yahoo Sports, more than $125 million worth of NIL compensation that had been promised to athletes had been rejected by the clearinghouse or was still under review.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Early-enrollment rules mean elite recruits are cashing NIL checks while their classmates are still in high school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

But last month, flush from a six-figure Name, Image and Likeness, or NIL, compensation package, Payne returned to Florida to attend the Jones High prom with his old classmates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

USC seems to be in a really strong place with NIL, stronger certainly than when you were hired.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

In the telling of the history of a too brief sojourn in the paradise of the blacks the old man took but little part, for his English was NIL.

From My Tropic Isle by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)