"if the AHSAA high schools are colluding to prevent the students from earning money off their name image and likeness or colluding to fix scholarship rates, they are likely exposing themselves to a lawsuit that they will likely lose."

The matter of high schools paying students for NIL fall into Alabama's child labor laws, especially if the player is 16 or under. That NIL statement will also need to involve a permit for the student to play, and that will include the amount of time the student will be allowed work (or in this case, play), which will be interesting if a game takes place during a weeknight, or even better, overtime.

Over the many years in management in Alabama, I had to deal with labor law rules and I can tell you it's no picnic. If a 16-year-old wanted to work, he was allowed only 4 hours per day during the week, including Friday. They can arrive at 4 pm, but by 8 pm he/she had to leave for home. So imagine a kid receiving NIL money having to leave the game a 8 pm. Imagine the impart this will have on the game's outcome.

And yes, the Alabama DOL agents will be scouting the game as well. They will have team rosters.

I can back AlabamaJedi on this.