It's safe to say the NIL industry is still the wild wild west right now and violating pretty much every established law on employer, employee, independent contractor. Every business in America would love to have an independent contractor status because it lessens the burden administratively on those businesses, just as it does universities. and the collectives are a pass through. Some might argue they're laundering money from big donors directly to these students. (03:34–03:43)
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Asserts that businesses and universities prefer independent contractor status to reduce administrative burdens.
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