In Reply to: Is it legal for Mara to get NIL $? posted by ClockBlocker on March 26, 2025 at 09:43:52
A year or so ago, I read an article about someone who was deported because they were working while they had a student visa (not sports related). Made me wonder about all the imports that are receiving NIL money. If it's illegal for Mara, then it's illegal for a whole bunch of D1 hoops players.
I'd bet that someone at UCLA has already considered this. I wonder if there is some kind of work waiver you can get on a student visa? And, it seems like this would have come up by now, as the NIL surely is reportable income. The payor's gotta be filing 1099's, therefor, they've gotta be getting a SS# from the athlete, right? If this is an issue, it should have come to a head by now?
Side note: are the athletes that are being paid by the University W2'd or 1099'd?