In Reply to: Here are the facts about NIL and International players posted by Dr.Bruin on March 26, 2025 at 11:00:22
"they should ask where the activity is being performed, as there is no U.S. immigration status—and thus no U.S. immigration law restrictions—while an international student-athlete is physically outside the United States. From an immigration law perspective, the location of the student-athlete performing the activity matters far more than the location of the business or payment. "
Now that I read this ...
Wasn't there some discussion/conjecture on the board that UCLA played in Spain so that Mara could be paid?
And, hasn't there been some discussion that Visa'd athletes have been creating their social media content in their home country, to avoid violating terms of their Visa?
If I had to guess, I'm guessing that the direct payment from school's element of NIL will be cleared by saying they play their games "on campus" and that when they play away games, they are "constructively on campus." The concept of "constructive" is somewhat popular in the law to get around bad results. Like, "well, for all intents and purposes, this meets the intents and purpose of the law, it's basically the same as being on campus"