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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
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
Sports Business Journal
Paying student athletes could be a setback to NIL progress, January 2024
Sports Business Journal
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
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
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
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
Other Selected Press
Hollywood Reporter
Money Ball: How College Athletes Are Raking in Big Bucks Without Going Pro
Axios
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
Nerd Wallet
5 Financial Tips for Student Athletes With NIL Deals, February 2024
Bloomberg
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
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