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Expert NIL Insights for Student-Athletes, Colleges & Brands

Welcome to the Student-Athlete Insights Press Page. As a leading authority on Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL), I aim to provide the media, industry professionals, and partners with valuable insights into the evolving NIL landscape. My goal is to help student-athletes, families, universities, and brands navigate the opportunities and challenges of NIL education.

About Bill Carter – NIL Expert and Consultant

Bill Carter is a nationally recognized NIL expert and consultant, serving as a trusted advisor to universities, athletic departments, and industry stakeholders. With over 30 years of award-winning sports industry experience, Bill has pioneered educational initiatives that empower student-athletes to maximize their NIL potential. As the founder of Student-Athlete Insights, he brings a unique perspective shaped by both academic research and practical, real-world experience in NIL consulting.

Bill has been a columnist for Sports Business Journal through his monthly column, NIL Corner, where he provides actionable insights and thought leadership on key issues affecting the NIL space. He also serves as an adjunct professor, teaching NIL courses at the University of Vermont’s Grossman School of Business. His NIL research is regularly sought by industry publications, and he has appeared on numerous podcasts and panels, discussing the future of NIL influencer marketing and best practices for student-athlete branding.


Contact for Media Inquiries

For interviews, guest articles, or speaking opportunities, please reach out to me at bill@studentathleteinsights.com. I welcome the opportunity to collaborate on stories that highlight the rapidly evolving NIL strategies and provide valuable perspectives on student-athlete development.


Featured Media

My NIL insights have been featured in major outlets such as Sports Business Journal, Yahoo! Sports, and Front Office Sports. See below for a partial list of publications and events where my expertise on NIL consulting, athlete branding, and social media for NIL has been shared.

NIL Corner - My SBJ Column

Sports Business Journal

Five data points that separate NIL fact from fiction, October 2024

Sports Business Journal

The case for certifying NIL agents: Protecting student athletes in a new era, September 2024

Sports Business Journal

NCAA’s 'NIL Assist' provides transparency — and raises concerns, August 2024

Sports Business Journal

Recent data shows the complexities of how NIL has affected student athletes, July 2024

Sports Business Journal

Fearmongering and its impact on NIL, June 2024

Sports Business Journal

NIL Corner: Winners, losers from the NCAA's NIL policy shift, April 2024

Sports Business Journal

Let’s stop treating NIL valuations like actual earnings, March 2024

Sports Business Journal

NIL is an earthquake, not a tornado, February 2024

Sports Business Journal

Paying student athletes could be a setback to NIL progress, January 2024

Sports Business Journal

The challenge of defining NIL, December 2023

Sports Business Journal

The quiet debate about the value of NIL education, November 2023

Sports Business Journal

There is NIL progress being made, if you know where to look, October 2023

Sports Business Journal

NIL Corner: The challenge of defining NIL, September 2023

Sports Business Journal

New financial education might signal next generation of NIL tools, August 2023

Sports Business Journal

An NIL Success Story: Student-Athlete Social Media, July 2023

Sports Business Journal

NIL has a student-athlete valuation problem, June 2023

Sports Business Journal

Despite the attention, NIL has yet to have its moment, April 2023

Sports Business Journal

Brands should capitalize on NIL despite the legal landscape, March 2023

Sports Business Journal

Student athletes as employees may negatively affect NIL, May 2023

Sports Business Journal

The impact of NIL on college recruiting and why Alabama’s new Advantage Center Is a case study, February 2023

Sports Business Journal

Seven Data Points That Will Tell the Story of NIL in 2023, January 2023

Sports Business Journal

Student-athlete brand activation: The engine that NIL needs, August 2022

Sports Business Journal

NIL stewards must provide activation playbook locally, October 2022

San Francisco Business Times

Much ado about 'NIL:' How athletes, sponsors, alumni and schools are playing college sports' new money game, August 2023

Other Selected Press

Hollywood Reporter

Money Ball: How College Athletes Are Raking in Big Bucks Without Going Pro

Axios

UT football players' NIL deals soar

Sneaker Theory

'PERFECT PARTNERSHIP' OR POTENTIAL PITFALL? No Written Terms in University’s Under Armour Deal

ASI

How an NCAA Settlement Could Change the College Athletics Merch Game…Again

Sports Illustrated

Julian Lewis Is Betting He’s the Next Big Thing, September 2023

ESPN.com

INEQUITY IN COLLEGE SPORTS TWEETS, 2023

Nerd Wallet

5 Financial Tips for Student Athletes With NIL Deals, February 2024

Bloomberg

TikTok-Savvy College Athletes Can Make Up to $25,000 a Post

On3.com

Bill Carter's NIL/mba aimed to educate potential stakeholders, May 5, 2023

Dallas News

Social media is still the tool of choice for drawing NIL interest, December 2023

Forbes

NIL Money Does Not Cause Locker Room Problems, Student Survey Shows, But We Need To Know More, January 27, 2023

On3.com

Survey: Only 8% of student-athletes say NIL is a ‘locker room problem’, January 25, 2023

Sportico

A Year Into NIL Era, We Still Can’t Reliably Track Financial Data, July 1, 2022

On3.com

28% of DI athletes say their head coach has promoted NIL, January 3, 2023

On3.com

NBC Sports Athlete Direct offers NIL opportunities at scale, Aug. 1, 2022

On3.com

State NIL laws offer few enforcement mechanisms through first year, September 2, 2022

Yahoo! Sports

Football and Social Media Dominate Rapidly Growing NIL Market: Data Viz, July 5, 2022

The NIL Deal

Student-athletes face complicated tax considerations in brave new NIL world. Are they prepared? March 8, 2023

Yardbarker

H&R Block brings back expanded campaign to raise awareness for NIL gender gap, March 8, 2023

Sportico

UFC Signs College Wrestler to NIL Deal in Barrier-Braking Move, February 3, 2023

Deseret News

What is a college athlete worth? The coming threat of NIL, October 2023

The Hill

High school athletes take a page from college with growing NIL movement, October 2023