CLEVELAND, Ohio — Two of Greater Cleveland’s top high school athletes have hoped this day would come.

Garfield Heights basketball standout Marcus Johnson, Ohio’s reigning Mr. Basketball, opted to stay home instead of leaving this summer for a prep school that could have allowed him to make money. He has seen other top college prospects do it and get paid for their name, image and likeness (NIL).

Glenville senior linebacker Cincere Johnson, one of the state’s reigning defensive players of the year and an Ohio State recruit, did not have that option while playing his sport as a high school senior.

Now both can take advantage of NIL, as the Ohio High School Athletic Association announced Monday its member schools have passed an emergency bylaw allowing high school athletes to make mone

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