So much for scholarship limits! BYU is about to land a lot of premier walk-ons. Good for them.
“Scholarship players can receive $1,000 each for representing the company. The 36 walk-on players on the roster were offered what amounts to privately funded scholarships, although the players will be paid directly and can spend that money in any way they choose, according to associate athletic director Gary Veron.
"We're trying to put BYU on the map for all the right reasons," said Veron, who helps coordinate the department's new NIL program for athletes. "We knew this would be exciting to be kind of the first ones to the dance in this area."
Veron told ESPN that the school's compliance staff and lawyers made sure that the blanket offer to players from a company that is also a sponsor of the athletic department did not violate any of the NCAA's new rules.”
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“Scholarship players can receive $1,000 each for representing the company. The 36 walk-on players on the roster were offered what amounts to privately funded scholarships, although the players will be paid directly and can spend that money in any way they choose, according to associate athletic director Gary Veron.
"We're trying to put BYU on the map for all the right reasons," said Veron, who helps coordinate the department's new NIL program for athletes. "We knew this would be exciting to be kind of the first ones to the dance in this area."
Veron told ESPN that the school's compliance staff and lawyers made sure that the blanket offer to players from a company that is also a sponsor of the athletic department did not violate any of the NCAA's new rules.”
BYU football sponsor to cover walk-on tuition
The BYU athletic department helped broker an NIL deal with Built Brands that will pay at least one year's tuition for every walk-on member of the football team.
