大学学位仍然是许多学生运动员的重要目标
📖 逐句对照翻译
Name, image, and likeness, or NIL, deals have enabled student-athletes to make money while going to college in the United States.
姓名、形象和肖像权（NIL）交易使美国的学生运动员得以在上大学期间赚钱。
But outside of some big-name athletes, many say that a degree remains the biggest, most important prize for going to school.
但除了少数知名运动员之外，许多人表示，学位仍然是上学所能获得的最大、最重要的收获。
For years, college athletes could only receive free education and living costs while competing for school teams.
多年来，大学运动员在为校队比赛期间只能获得免费教育和生活费用。
But that changed in 2021 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that athletes could earn money by selling their name, image and likeness.
但这一切在2021年发生了改变，当时美国最高法院裁定，运动员可以通过出售自己的姓名、形象和肖像权来赚钱。
Well-known athletes like Jayden Daniels, now with the Washington Commanders, and Caitlin Clark, who currently plays for the Indiana Fever, made large amounts of money while in college.
像杰登·丹尼尔斯（现效力于华盛顿指挥官队）和凯特琳·克拉克（目前效力于印第安纳狂热队）这样的知名运动员，在大学期间就赚了大笔的钱。
But several athletes told The Associated Press that the money available to them through NIL remains a small consideration compared with earning a degree and competing in the sports they love.
但几位运动员告诉美联社，与获得学位和参加自己热爱的运动相比，他们通过姓名、形象和肖像权（NIL）可获得的收入仍然是一个次要考虑因素。
NIL deals were not on Jonny Bottorff’s mind when he transferred to Northern Arizona University on a football scholarship from a small college in Missouri.
当乔尼·博托夫从密苏里州一所小型学院转学至北亚利桑那大学并拿到橄榄球奖学金时，他压根没想过NIL交易的事。
Bottorff said, “I think the reality for most college athletes is things haven’t really changed that much. We just got an extra little bit of cash in our pockets...”
博托夫说：“我认为对大多数大学运动员来说，现实情况并没有太大改变。我们只是口袋里多了一点现金……”
For some athletes, NIL money is a reason to stay longer in college.
对一些运动员来说，NIL收入是让他们在大学待更久的原因。
But Anthony Leal said he is staying at Indiana University for a different reason.
但安东尼·利尔表示，他留在印第安纳大学是出于另一个原因。
Leal plays for Indiana’s basketball team.
利尔为印第安纳篮球队效力。
Under college athletic rules, he can play four seasons for the team within five years.
根据大学体育规则，他可以在五年内为球队打四个赛季。
Leal already received his undergraduate degree last year.
莱尔去年已经获得了他的本科学位。
But he is coming back as a fifth-year student to get a master’s in business administration.
但他将以五年级学生的身份回来攻读工商管理硕士学位。
“I’m about 70 percent through the program in the Kelley School of Business,” he said.
他说：“我在凯莱商学院的项目已经完成了大约70%。”
“I wanted to get that degree.”
“我想拿到那个学位。”
Another rule change
又一项规则变更
Another change in college rules also makes it easy for athletes to transfer and play the next season.
大学规则的又一项变化也让运动员更容易转学并参加下个赛季的比赛。
Under previous rules, athletes had to sit out a year before competing.
根据之前的规定，运动员在参赛前必须休赛一年。
Now, the top athletes can enter what is called a transfer portal to get more NIL money at another school and compete right away.
现在，顶尖运动员可以进入所谓的转会门户，转到其他学校获取更多的姓名、形象和肖像权（NIL）收入，并立即参加比赛。
University of Nevada, Las Vegas football player Matthew Sluka, for one, recently left the team in a dispute over an NIL payment.
内华达大学拉斯维加斯分校的橄榄球运动员马修·斯卢卡就是其中之一，他最近因NIL付款纠纷而离开了球队。
His representative said he was promised payment but never received it.
他的代表说，有人承诺给他付款，但他从未收到。
But Ray Harrison said NIL money was not the reason why he left Presbyterian College and joined the basketball team at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona.
但雷·哈里森表示，NIL资金并不是他离开长老会学院、加入亚利桑那州凤凰城大峡谷大学篮球队的原因。
Harrison said, “I just came out here because this is where God led my heart. Of course, we win two (conference) championships and that changes things.”
哈里森说：“我来这里只是因为上帝指引了我的心。当然，我们赢得了两次（联盟）冠军，这改变了局面。”
A college education remains a dream for many younger athletes.
大学教育对许多年轻运动员来说仍然是一个梦想。
Tavarius Covington from Chicago wants to continue to play football in college.
来自芝加哥的塔瓦里乌斯·科文顿希望能在大学继续打橄榄球。
He hopes that football will help him become the first in his family to go to college and earn a business degree.
他希望足球能帮助他成为家里第一个上大学并获得商业学位的人。
He also wants to be an example for his younger brother.
他也想为弟弟树立一个榜样。
“I want him to know there is more to look forward to coming out of high school,” Covington said.
“我希望他知道，高中毕业后还有更多值得期待的事情，”科文顿说。
I’m John Russell.
我是约翰·拉塞尔。
Cheyanna Mumphrey, Michael Marot, and David Brandt reported on this story for the Associated Press.
Cheyanna Mumphrey、Michael Marot和David Brandt为美联社报道了此事。
Hai Do adapted it for VOA Learning English.
海杜为VOA学英语改编了它。
