[M T]

I doubt the lawmakers intended to miss the situation of "I will donate $X once this person is admitted", but I didn't read it closely.  But I will assume the law covers applicants whose admission is associated with a promised donation to the school.

NIL supposedly doesn't include payments from the school to the athlete.  The benefits the school provides to the athlete are tuition, room-and-board, etc.  If the expected benefit to the school of the applying athlete exceeds that, would that expected benefit be considered a donation (even if such a "donation" is financially covered by a third party in some way).  Is this benefit provided by the athlete a payment-in-kind? 

If so, would this bill make admission preferences for athletes (at least those that benefit the school more than the cost of their tuition, etc) reportable?

IANAL

[M T]

I doubt the lawmakers intended to miss the situation of "I will donate $X once this person is admitted", but I didn't read it closely.  But I will assume the law covers applicants whose admission is associated with a promised donation to the school.

NIL supposedly doesn't include payments from the school to the athlete.  The benefits the school provides to the athlete are tuition, room-and-board, etc.  If the expected benefit to the school of the applying athlete exceeds that, would that expected benefit be considered a donation (even if such a "donation" is financially covered by a third party in some way).  Is this benefit provided by the athlete a payment-in-kind? 

If so, would this bill make admission preferences for athletes (at least those that benefit the school more than the cost of their tuition, etc) reportable?

IANAL