Foreign College Athletes Left Out of Rush for NIL Windfall

Connecticut's Dorka Juhasz (14) reaches up for a rebound against Louisville's Ahlana Smith (2) as Louisville's Mykasa Robinson (5) defends, during an NCAA college basketball game in Uncasville, Conn., on Dec. 19, 2021. Jessica Hill/AP Photo

STORRS, Connecticut—UConn forward Dorka Juhasz, like many of her teammates, was excited when she heard college athletes would be allowed to make money through celebrity endorsements and other means.

The problem? Juhasz, who is from Hungary, is among the more than 12 percent of college athletes in the U.S. from a foreign country—including more than 3,000 Division I athletes—the vast majority of whom are at school on F-1 student visas, according to the NCAA.