A. A post-secondary educational institution shall not:
(1) uphold any rule, requirement, standard or other limitation that prevents a student athlete of that institution from fully participating in athletics without penalty:
- (a) for receiving food, shelter, medical expenses or insurance from a third party; or
- (b) for earning compensation from a third party as a result of the use of the student athlete's name, image, likeness or athletic reputation; or
- (2) prevent a student athlete from receiving third-party compensation for using the student athlete's name, image, likeness or athletic reputation when the student athlete is not engaged in official, mandatory team activities.
- B. Earning compensation from the use of a student athlete's name, image, likeness or athletic reputation shall not affect a student athlete's grant-in-aid or stipend eligibility, amount, duration or renewal. For the purposes of this section, a grant-in-aid or stipend shall not be revoked or reduced as a result of a student athlete earning compensation pursuant to this section.
- C. A third party shall not offer a student athlete a contract to provide compensation to the student athlete for use of the student athlete's name, image, likeness or athletic reputation that requires a student athlete to advertise for the sponsor in person during official, mandatory team activities without the approval of the student athlete's post-secondary educational institution.
History: Laws 2021, ch. 124, § 3; 2023, ch. 105, § 1.
ANNOTATIONS
The 2023 amendment, effective June 16, 2023, removed language that allowed a post-secondary educational institution to prohibit student athletes from wearing the footwear of their choice during official, mandatory team activities, and removed a prohibition on post-secondary educational institutions from arranging compensation for the use of a student athlete's name, image, likeness or reputation; and in Subsection A, deleted former Paragraph A(2) and redesignated former Paragraph A(3) as Paragraph A(2), and deleted Paragraph A(4).
Applicability. — Laws 2021, ch. 124, § 5 provided that the provisions of Laws 2021, ch. 124 apply to contracts entered into on and after July 1, 2021.