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Subject to an upcoming final vote in December, the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) likely will authorize Pennsylvania high school athletes to participate in Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) activities.
According to this SportTechie article, the Penn State booster-collective, “We Are NIL,” recently offered total disability insurance coverage to more than a dozen additional Penn State football players. Last month,
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