Funny Memes Created During First Day Of New NIL Rules

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – College athletes can now profit off of their name, likeness, and image (NIL) after the NCAA removed restrictions for things such as sponsorship deals, online endorsements and personal appearances.

On July 1, student-athletes were able to start earning money based on their NIL without endangering their eligibility or putting their school in jeopardy of violating amateurism rules.

“This is an important day for college athletes since they all are now able to take advantage of name, image and likeness opportunities,” NCAA president Mark Emmert said.

After midnight on the morning of July 1, social media had fun with the new change to college athletics and some funny memes were created about NIL.

Best NIL Tweets & Memes

20 year starter Britain Covey of the Utah Utes has become the official spokesperson for life alert pic.twitter.com/68MzIZuvnr

— PUDDLES (@scoduckz) July 1, 2021

College athletes after the NCAA approved NIL #NCCA #NIL pic.twitter.com/mnF2WFeGFq

— NYA SPORTS (@nyasportsco) July 1, 2021

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

Austin, TX – The University of Texas becomes the first school to allow their players to add their own endorsement flair pieces to their uniform on the dawn of #NIL #ThisIsTexas #HookEm 🤘🏽 pic.twitter.com/Q9Av7DbTzz

— Kyle Umlang (@kyleumlang) July 1, 2021

#NIL got us dreaming about what could have been…… pic.twitter.com/GIrr2UOJ4g

— Cry Me a River (@CMRpod) July 1, 2021

My next OLine meeting will be like, and I’m here for it! #NIL #NWO pic.twitter.com/ddyNhBMICg

— Kurt Anderson (@OLINEPRIDE) July 1, 2021

College athletes right now. #NIL pic.twitter.com/68B2wpaZQv

— Russ Thomas (@Rusty_Bill) July 2, 2021

We have our first NCAA dog deal 🚨

Arkansas WR Trey Knox and his Husky, Blue, have inked a deal with PetSmart.

"I've always been proud to be an Arkansas football player, but I'm just as proud to be a dog dad" pic.twitter.com/lta1J6flae

— Front Office Sports (@FOS) July 1, 2021