HBCUs Say They Stand to Lose Out if College Athlete Pay Rules Don’t Change

HBCUs Say They Stand to Lose Out if College Athlete Pay Rules Don’t Change

When Trayvean Scott was a college basketball player at Southern University in the 2000s, he says, he was never asked to throw a game in return for a payout.  But more than 20 years later, he worries that the lack of a uniform policy about student athletes getting paid for their name, image or likeness — also known as NIL — makes them vulnerable to not only exploitation, but agents and even fans offering them money under the table that could hurt…