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The Independent Student Newspaper of Northern Kentucky University.

The Northerner

The Independent Student Newspaper of Northern Kentucky University.

The Northerner

The Independent Student Newspaper of Northern Kentucky University.

The Northerner

The NIL era has welcomed many different benefits to many of the student-athletes who call this campus home.

VIEWPOINTS: The trials of NIL at NKU

Matthew Supinger, Sports Co-Editor October 7, 2024

While the idea of college athletes getting paid has been around for a few years now and seems to have a positive reputation, NKU may have a different perspective. June 21, 2021 was the official date...

Roberto Burlew is defensive midfielder for the men's soccer team.

Name, Image and Likeness: The hidden opportunities of college athletics

Emmanuelle Hewson, Contributor November 2, 2022

College athletics is amid one of the most dramatic changes it has ever seen, as schools and students navigate their newfound ability to monetize their own name, image and likeness (NIL). NIL came into...

Miranda Wucherer (5) is an NKU senior volleyball player and compliance department assistant at NKU.

NCAA’s new NIL bylaws benefitting NKU student athletes

Blake Lehmann, Reporter November 20, 2021

One of the most controversial subject matters around college sports has always been the matter of the amateur status of the athletes and the possibility of “pay-for-play” programs to give them their...

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