videos that ended up doing well. He sent all of the money that he was making off his
social media platforms to his family that stayed in Costa Rica. Due to these athletic types
of videos, NCAA found him in violation of their specific rules. The NCAA decided to give
him two options: 1) keep his channel monetized but has to disregard his status of being
a student athlete while taking down his athletic type videos or 2) stop monetizing his
channel altogether. Donald did not make either option, so the NCAA made him ineligible
to play for any college.
3) There has been so much commotion that has been going on with this topic, especially
with the athletes that have been losing their schloarships.
According to cnn.com, the NCAA’s stunning reversal came after California
passed a Fair Pay to Play Act, which would go into effect in 2023. Other states are
looking at possible legislation. The California law would allow athletes to sign
endorsement deals and licensing contracts, something NCAA rule makers will address.
With controversy from multiple states, the NCAA decided to meet in Atlanta to go
over the rules that have been set in place for many years.
After a couple of weeks, the association came to an agreement that they will do
test runs in certain states, allowing collegiate athletes to be able to do brand deals and
make money off of their name. If the students are able to maintain their GPA, athletic
promises they said they would hold on to, while doing everything they want on social
media, they will continue to spread this new rule onto more states, soon to be filling the
whole nation. However, the association said that they will be starting with their higher
demanded sports such as football, basketball, and then soccer. Later on, they will
extend the rule to swimming and diving, track, volleyball, cheer, and the rest of the
sports college campus’ consist of.
Though the NCAA is finally making a change, there are so many athletes that have lost