A big change to high school athletics in North Carolina could be coming soon.
Multiple sources told ABC11 that the NCISAA — the governing body for private school athletics in the state — is considering changes to name, image and likeness (NIL) rules for their student-athletes, potentially paving the way for those athletes to get paid when their image is used in advertising.
“That’s always been kind of like a dream for I feel like a lot of high school basketball players that want to play,” said Luke Boush, a senior shooting guard with Southside Christian School in Clayton.
Boush is graduating in a few months but said the potential policy change could alter the landscape and balance of North Carolina’s high school athletics.
“It’s going to be interesting to see how this affects how public schools are able to keep up with Christian schools and other private schools, able to recruit talent at a higher level and maybe get better kids to come to private schools,” Boush said.
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