Round Two: Talking name, image, likeness with Blue & Gold Collective co-founder Mike Beder

Round Two: Talking name, image, likeness with Blue & Gold Collective co-founder Mike Beder

- Tom Hardesty

July 1, 2021, will go down as the day college sports changed forever.

On that day, the NCAA approved its NIL policy allowing all NCAA Division I, II and III student-athletes to be compensated for their name, image and likeness — regardless of whether their state has an NIL law in place or not.

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