Is NIL the best thing to ever happen to high-school sports—or the worst? One reporter explores

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Is NIL the best thing to ever happen to high-school sports—or the worst? One reporter explores

The topic of NIL is once again commanding conversation.

This time around, it's through a recent Esquire piece called “ NIL Goes to High School: Million-Dollar Teen Quarterbacks, Legal Battles, and Fast Cash ,” where writer Abigail Covington explores the ins and outs of prep athletes now being able to profit from their name, image and likeness in most states, just like college stars. As of this summer, 44 states plus Washington, D. C., now allow high school athletes to make money from their name, image and likeness, with only a handful of schools, including Alabama and Ohio, electing not to participate.

Covington begins the piece chronicling 17-year-old Julian Lewis, w