Wall Street Journal Article on NIL and Phillip Bell

Article is about Phillip Bells High School experience and being shopped to different schools and 7 x 7 teams. Really sad situation.

A few quotes:

“Bell’s mother, who abused drugs, shopped him from school to school, demanding up to $72,000 a year, according to court filings, public records and interviews with relatives and others who knew the family. He also joined a club team that paid thousands of dollars a weekend.’

On his visit to OSU: “The hotel room where Bell’s mother and stepfather were staying was “trashed,” leaving an OSU coach with a bill for broken furniture, his high-school coach later told relatives. A Buckeyes coach subsequently informed Bell’s mother that the team wanted her son, but the “entourage” wasn’t welcome in Columbus, the high-school coach said.

OSU declined to comment.

Before they left Ohio, Barnes’ blood sugar spiked to life-threatening levels, she suffered a heart attack and was hospitalized for several days, according to public records.”

Hoping that with support from OSU that he can break the cycle and achieve great things!

This link is behind a paywall: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/football-high-school-nil-phillip-bell-81270bdf?mod=hp_lead_pos7

Definitely worth a read – there is definitely a downside to the money flowing to these athletes. Kinda makes me wonder about the Legend Bey situation.