Free, plain-language explainers from our coaching staff — the same material members get in onboarding.
Name, image and likeness rules keep shifting — but the fundamentals haven't. Athletes with strong personal brands, clean social profiles and realistic program fits still win. Here's how to talk about NIL with coaches without letting it drive your whole decision, plus the questions to ask compliance offices on visits.
One page, sixty seconds: measurables up top, academics next, then honors and a link to your best three minutes of film. Coaches skim — so structure beats length. Includes a position-by-position checklist of the stats each sport actually wants to see.
Eligibility requirements depend on the sport, program and governing body. Use this checklist to organize questions and confirm current requirements directly with the program before making a decision.
Roster spots now turn over faster, which means high school athletes compete with transfers for attention. The answer isn't panic — it's positioning: earlier outreach, sharper film and target lists that account for portal activity at each program.
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