NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE AT 6:00. I’M BRITTANY DECKER I’M GUY RAWLINGS TONIGHT. THE CONVERSATION AROUND NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS CONTINUES AS COLLEGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY STRUGGLE TO RETAIN STUDENT ATHLETES. THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA RE-EMPHASIZING THEIR YEE ALABAMA PROGRAM, WHERE FANS CAN MAKE A ONE TIME CONTRIBUTION OR SEND IN MONEY ONCE A MONTH TO GET EXCLUSIVE MERCHANDISE AND ACCESS TO EVENTS. ALL THE MONEY WOULD GO TO THE SCHOOL’S NIL FUND. THE UNIVERSITY HOPES TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO JOIN THE PROGRAM. OUR WVTM 13 ZOE BLAIR SPOKE TO FANS TODAY WHO SUPPORT YEE ALABAMA, BUT STILL HAVE SOME FRUSTRATIONS. NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS. NIL HAS CHANGED THE WORLD OF COLLEGE ATHLETICS. I THINK IT’S GREAT FOR THE STUDENT ATHLETE. I THINK IT’S GREAT FOR THE UNIVERSITY. LONGTIME ALABAMA FAN TODD LOGAN SUPPORTS THE NEW SYSTEM FOR THE MOST …
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