There was a rush for the NCAA to implement some baseline guidance regarding athletes profiting off their name, image and likeness (NIL). Several states have laws going into effect Thursday, and the NCAA’s Division I Council sought to create a stopgap ruling until federal legislation or new NCAA rules could be implemented. “This is a seismic shift in the landscape, just simply because this was something that was not made available to student-athletes before,” said Damon Evans, the athletic director at the University of Maryland. “This is a change, but we’re moving in the direction that we should be moving in.”