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1. Hannah Hidalgo defending a player
2. Hidalgo high-fiving teammates
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Hannah Hidalgo, Guard, Notre Dame:
“Absolutely, it’s a blessing. Schools for decades have been able to make money off of college players’ names. So for now for student athletes to be able to make money off of how they carry themselves, you know, we’re a brand ourselves. I’m a brand myself and so be able to make money off of my name is honestly truly a blessing and just taking advantage of it is the biggest thing.”
4. Flau’jae Johnson running onto court
5. Johnson shooting ball
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Flau’jae Johnson, Guard, Louisiana State University:
“NIL man, it is, it is beautiful. This year in March Madness, I had about 5 commercials running and you know it was so cool watching the game, then seeing myself come on. It’s just a great opportunity.”
7. Various of Kara Lawson, head coach of USA Women’s AmeriCup Team and Duke’s Women’s Basketball Team, coaching
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Kara Lawson, Head coach, USA Women’s AmeriCup Team:
“Was it different when I played? Sure, but I didn’t know what a coach dealt with. So for me it’s kind of been different every of the five years. I came in right when it started to change, so it’s not new to me. I’m not yearning for what it was before.”
9. Various of players shooting
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Kara Lawson, Head coach, USA Women’s AmeriCup Team:
“I just try to see what’s the landscape, what are the rules, and then how do we how do we coach within that?"
11. Hidalgo chasing down ball from a player on the floor
12. Hidalgo passes ball to player who shoots it
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Hannah Hidalgo, Guard, Notre Dame:
“It’s about having a great support system. I have people around me that take care of dealing with different brands and dealing with different media posts and so they really keep me grounded and help me know, they’re constantly reminding me, ‘hey, you gotta post this at this time,’ while I’m also taking care of the school and the basketball thing. They just let me do what I do handle what I handle, and then they handle the rest.”
14. Various of Olivia Miles playing
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Olivia Miles, Guard, Texas Christian University:
“It’s not really that bad. I really dedicate 1 or 2 times a week to kinda get all my stuff done. My agent is very good at scheduling that, but most of my money comes from the collective deal, so for that I really don’t have to do much, which is nice, but any other of the other side deals, my agent will send a videographer out to help me or have her edit stuff or whatever it may be. I just gotta send it through and then post it and then it’s pretty simple it’s really not..but for kids like Flau’jae rapping and stuff, I bet it’s a lot more time consuming which is so impressive.”
16. Johnson on bench talking to teammates
17. Johnson walking on court
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Flau’jae Johnson, Guard, Louisiana State University:
“I just wanna be one of those people that uses NIL the right way, you know what I’m saying? Like this year I did a campaign with Experian and we relieved $5 million in debt right for families in Louisiana and then every game we won we added $100,000 to the pot. And I started getting these videos on Instagram like ‘Flau’jae like you don’t know how much this helped me.’ So, I’m really using my platform for impact for real. So I think that’s the best part of NIL and just making it better for the young girls that’s coming behind us.”
19. Player shooting ball
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