Annotated Bibliography Dougherty, J.. What is a “nil”? defining the acronym that is Changing College Sports.” The Washington Post. 2024, February 21. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/02/21/what-is-a-nil-deal/ The article in the Washington Post titled “What is nil? Defining the acronym that is “Changing College Sports” has done a great job of going into the details of what makes up the Name, Image, and Likeness deals within the NCAA. It takes a great dive by evaluating the different types of deals that athletes may take part in, as well as what those deals may entail. Choosing to distinguish three different parts of NIL deals, such as the free market NIL, collective NIL, and the future of NIL deals. I appreciate the author's use of a backstory surrounding the issues that the NCAA has had with the NIL deals. This source does a great job …show more content…
What really stood out to me within this article was that it showcases the negatives that have come alongside these deals. The author is key to mention how the NCAA is battling Congress in an attempt to get a national standard for how these athletes can benefit from NIL deals; as well as due to the allowance of NIL deals the NCAA has fallen almost powerless, and their rules have started to become ineffective as time goes on. Due to the article including an injection of the negatives that have come from these NIL deals, it really adds to the logos and pathos within this article. It shows a lot about an author and their trustworthiness when they are able to include something that objects or goes against the main point of the article. As well as the section around the negative impacts, it really goes to support and improve the author's reasoning within their writing. The article written by Jay Bilas was conveniently written a year after the NIL deal was approved for NCAA athletes. That being said it was written in a time period when you could see the impacts and changes