Guides: Paying Student Athletes (NIL): Home

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This guide provides information about the resources available in the duPont-Ball Libary

and on the web related to the issue of paying student athletes.

Search tips for finding books, ebooks, journal articles and other materials are covered.

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Information on Both Sides of the Issue

Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window
Covers hot-topic social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration. Provides informed, differing views on each side of an issue.
Pro & Con This link opens in a new window
Designed to educate professionals and the public by providing an impartial view of controversial issues in Congress.

Articles and Books from OneSearch

Books and Articles on Student Athletes and Compensation
Searches the library's OneSearch for the search term "gun violence"

General Library Databases

EBSCO Research Databases This link opens in a new window
A search interface to multiple databases on the EBSCO platform. (Academic Search Premier, MLA, PsycInfo, and more)
ProQuest Complete This link opens in a new window
Searching most of the ProQuest databases at once, including ProQuest Research, ABI/Inform, GenderWatch, Hoovers Company Records, ProQuest Biology, Science, and Social Science Journals, and ProQuest Newspapers.
Access World News This link opens in a new window
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A collection of thousands of U.S. and global news sources.

NCAA Web Site

NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association)
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a membership-led organization dedicated to protecting and equipping student-athletes for success on the field, in the classroom and for life.
NCAA Guidance on NIL and Collectives from Division I Board of Directors (May 2022)
In May 2022, the Division I Board of Directors issued guidance to schools regarding the intersection between recruiting activities and the name, image and likeness environment.
What is NIL? Everything you need to know about the NCAA and name, image, and likeness (May 2022)
Article from The Athletic on NIL, dated May 10, 2022. Includes a section that explains NIL collectives.
Breaking News: NCAA Ruling on Likeness and Images Compensation (October 2019)
"In the Association’s continuing efforts to support college athletes, the NCAA’s top governing board voted unanimously to permit students participating in athletics the opportunity to benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness in a manner consistent with the collegiate model."