NIL, Transfer Portal and Mental Health
By Erik R. Brown, DHSc, LAT, ATC, and Matthew Powless, PhD, HSPP
College student athletes already have plenty of things on their plate. Because of their juggling act, they are prone to mental health issues. The changing climate of college athletics has been fluid since 2020 as mental health issues became more paramount with the COVID-19 pandemic and, more recently, name, image and likeness (NIL) and the transfer portal. These issues have added another layer of additional stressors – good and bad.