Ex-USFL prez launching spring league for high school players (still enrolled in school)

[NT80]

Would High School coaches be in favor of this?

"Woods said his league will use NCAA playing rules and will operate independent of high school state athletic associations, therefore giving players the chance to profit off their name, image and likeness without any restrictions....

Players will be eligible to participate in the league only if they're enrolled in an accredited middle or high school curriculum and live in one of the league's 12 markets. Woods said he planned to target prospects entering their sophomore or junior years of high school this fall."

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/37805484/ex-usfl-prez-launching-spring-league-high-school-players

 

[untphd]

I am wondering how much money he will be making of the backs of the high school players.

[MeanGreen_MBA]

This will just add to the demise of college sports. This cannot be a good thing.   Getting money involved…what about the kids that can’t afford it or live where there is not a team.  Injuries, who is responsible for those?

[UNTLifer]

Failure. 

[jdennis82]

Based on the current recruiting calendar, this is the quite period where coaches can only contact players who are on campus visits

Zach Barnett got the quote that sums it up...

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Asked how he would evaluate players from a potential high school "super league," one Power 5 coach told FootballScoop, "We can't go to 7-on-7 games, so not sure how we could go see this. I am for guys playing basketball, running track and playing baseball in the spring."

https://footballscoop.com/news/theres-a-new-spring-football-league-coming-and-this-ones-for-high-school-players

 

[Wag Tag]

NIL for HS is already legal in California.