University of Hawaii seeks funding for student athletes

University of Hawaii seeks funding for student athletes

The University of Hawaii is trying to secure better footing on a new competitive playing field for paying student athletes with taxpayer funding that partly drives winning or losing. On July 1, U.S. collegiate athletics entered a new era when the settlement of a national class-action lawsuit allowed universities to pay players for the benefit of using their name, image and likeness — or NIL — after several years of such payments being restricted…