Great question! I think you can google Nebraska NIL Nebraska collectives and see the organizations that are trying to centralize how to connect players with NIL opportunities. It does still seem very fragmented at this stage. However, I think Nebraska is more organized around NIL than most. Guessing we are in the Top 10%. ??
Scot Frost had said that NIL is still the Wild Wild West in terms of minimal direction from the NCAA, and "anything goes, but don't do anything wrong". Tough position for Universities to be in to stay hands off yet, be connected with NIL and players.
I think we did have a liaison that could help students. And this role was helping with not just signing deals, but financial management, insurance, etc, However, I still think this is all in its infancy stage.
My brainstorming white board:
If I were Chancellor, Board of Regents, President. I would want to develop a whole new player fiduciary "relationship" roles with a some staff ( I'm purposely not using the word "agent" but serve in some capacity like one) that could really be the liaison for students and collectives. Again with the purpose of "centralizing" both for the student athlete and the collectives.
If I was the State Legislature. Governor, I would maybe want to have guidelines on how collectives work (which I assume is already happening) and maybe even try and limit the number of collectives to keep things more centralized in legal coordination with the Universities. I think Jim Pillen will be a great advocate for overall NIL in the state.