NCAA approves new guidance on player endorsement deals
2 years, 1 month ago

NCAA approves new guidance on player endorsement deals

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The NCAA’s Division I Board of Directors approved on Wednesday new guidance to members on name, image and likeness activities, clarifying how schools, coaches and staffers can be involved with athletes’ endorsement and sponsorship deals. The latest clarifications to the NCAA’s interim NIL policy create no new rules, but are intended to give athletic departments a better idea of what types of support fall outside existing bylaws. “But can’t be providing any service that’s going out and helping the athletes actually find deals unless that service is available to all students.” The NCAA’s interim NIL policy falls back on existing rules and makes it impermissible for NIL deals to be used as recruiting inducements or pay-for-play or performance-based compensation. The last time the NCAA provided guidance to members it was to clarify rules related to booster-funded collectives, their roles in providing NIL deals to athletes and recruiting.

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O’Bannon lawyer challenges NCAA antitrust settlement over revenue-sharing system, NIL restrictions
2 months, 3 weeks ago

O’Bannon lawyer challenges NCAA antitrust settlement over revenue-sharing system, NIL restrictions

New York Times  

The lead attorney in O’Bannon v. the NCAA, a landmark case that paved the way for athletes to earn money off their name, image and likeness, has filed an opposition to the $2.78 billion settlement of three antitrust cases facing the NCAA and power conferences. “We are confident our settlement is a landmark achievement for athletes that should be approved.” …

Boosters and collectives would be targeted by mandatory disclosure of NIL deals. Is that legal?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Boosters and collectives would be targeted by mandatory disclosure of NIL deals. Is that legal?

Associated Press  

College sports leaders believe they have found a way through a massive antitrust settlement to finally separate “true NIL” for athletes from booster-funded payments they say are actually pay-for-play or recruiting inducements masquerading as endorsement deals. If the settlement is approved by a federal judge, mandatory disclosure rules, an outside clearinghouse to assess deals and an enforcement process that includes …

Unintended consequences: How NIL in college sports has raised questions about nonprofits
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Unintended consequences: How NIL in college sports has raised questions about nonprofits

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Three years into the new age of college sports, where athletes are allowed to profit from their successes through name, image and likeness deals, everyone is still trying to find out what the new normal will be. Phil Hackney, associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh’s law school, said the IRS offers tax-exempt status for organizations that …

With revenue sharing coming to college sports, are NIL collectives a problem or part of a solution?
6 months, 4 weeks ago

With revenue sharing coming to college sports, are NIL collectives a problem or part of a solution?

Associated Press  

When the NCAA lifted its longtime ban on college athletes earning endorsement money in 2021, there was no such thing as collectives. With revenue-sharing with college athletes on the horizon as part of a $2.8 billion antitrust settlement proposal agreed to Thursday by the NCAA and the nation’s biggest conferences, the future of collectives seems uncertain even though the duties …

In the NIL landscape, schools are turning to companies to train and manage in-house general managers
7 months, 2 weeks ago

In the NIL landscape, schools are turning to companies to train and manage in-house general managers

Associated Press  

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Riley Ammenhauser has become a record-breaking, triple-jumping track athlete at Michigan and something of an entrepreneur. “For us, it’s the right time to bring in a company that has had three years to develop strategies, connections to NIL space, connections to collectives, understanding that model,” athletic director Warde Manuel said. “We have been telling schools for …

NCAA ratifies immediate eligibility for athletes no matter how many times they switch schools
8 months ago

NCAA ratifies immediate eligibility for athletes no matter how many times they switch schools

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — NCAA athletes are now eligible to play immediately no matter how many times they transfer — as long as they meet academic requirements — after the association fast-tracked legislation to fall in line with a recent court order. Transfer windows, which are sport-specific, remain in place and require undergraduate athletes to enter their names into the portal at …

Virginia law allows the state’s colleges and universities to directly pay athletes through NIL deals
8 months ago

Virginia law allows the state’s colleges and universities to directly pay athletes through NIL deals

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed measure into law Thursday that allows state colleges and universities to directly pay their athletes through name, image and likeness compensation deals, a measure believed to be the first of its kind. The law, which takes effect July 1, was signed one day after the NCAA eased some of its NIL restrictions …

New rules empowering players have coaches frustrated, contemplating the future of their profession
8 months, 4 weeks ago

New rules empowering players have coaches frustrated, contemplating the future of their profession

Associated Press  

STORRS, Conn. — Minutes after his team won the Big East Tournament championship, UConn coach Dan Hurley was worrying aloud about one of his freshmen being lured toward the transfer portal with name, image and likeness compensation offers from other schools. “It’s a hard time of year for everybody, players, coaches, the whole nine yards,” said Clemson coach Brad Brownell, …

After loss in court, the NCAA is pausing investigations into third-party NIL deals with athletes
9 months, 3 weeks ago

After loss in court, the NCAA is pausing investigations into third-party NIL deals with athletes

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! In a letter to member schools Friday, NCAA President Charlie Baker said the Division I Board of Directors directed enforcement staff “to pause and not begin investigations involving third-party participation in NIL-related activities.” The move comes a week after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction …

‘What NIL stands for: Now it’s legal': Ruling frees booster-backed groups to negotiate with recruits
9 months, 3 weeks ago

‘What NIL stands for: Now it’s legal': Ruling frees booster-backed groups to negotiate with recruits

Associated Press  

Forced into yet another courtroom to defend its amateur model of athletics, the NCAA insisted that shelving its rules against name, image and likeness compensation being offered to recruits would make a difficult situation across the country even more chaotic. The only difference now is when they’re doing it, if somebody says, ‘Hey, is this within the rules?’ They can …

Federal judge blocks NCAA from enforcing NIL rules
10 months ago

Federal judge blocks NCAA from enforcing NIL rules

New York Times  

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the NCAA from enforcing its prohibitions against recruits signing monetary deals with booster groups, delivering a significant blow to the NCAA’s attempts to stop universities and their supporters from paying athletes to play at their schools. The notion of amateurism has long been a bedrock principle of the NCAA, but Judge Clifton L. …

No immediate ruling after preliminary injunction hearing in Tennessee, Virginia NIL lawsuit vs. NCAA
10 months, 1 week ago

No immediate ruling after preliminary injunction hearing in Tennessee, Virginia NIL lawsuit vs. NCAA

Associated Press  

A federal judge said Tuesday he will rule “in short order” on a preliminary injunction requested by the states of Tennessee and Virginia to stop the NCAA from enforcing its rules governing name, image and likeness compensation for athletes as part of an antitrust lawsuit. He said in a prepared statement the NCAA’s “arbitrary and illegal rules” are keeping athletes …

What is NIL, how has it changed college sports and why are schools under investigation?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

What is NIL, how has it changed college sports and why are schools under investigation?

New York Times  

You’ve seen the three letters: NIL. Collectives are organizations that fundraise via large and small donors with the intent to direct that money to a school’s athletes through NIL deals. One of the NCAA’s first pieces of official NIL guidance, sent to schools in May 2022, stated that collectives count as boosters and are subject to the same, long-applied recruiting …

Tennessee, Virginia AGs file lawsuit against NCAA over restrictions on NIL for recruiting
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Tennessee, Virginia AGs file lawsuit against NCAA over restrictions on NIL for recruiting

New York Times  

The states of Tennessee and Virginia filed a lawsuit against the NCAA in a federal court on Wednesday, challenging the organization’s ban on using name, image and likeness in recruiting. Tennessee and Virginia are seeking a temporary restraining order barring the NCAA from enforcing its NIL-recruiting ban or taking any other action to prevent prospective college athletes and transfer candidates …

NCAA takes step toward determining if new tier of Division I where athletes can be paid is possible
11 months, 1 week ago

NCAA takes step toward determining if new tier of Division I where athletes can be paid is possible

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The NCAA on Thursday took the first step toward determining whether President Charlie Baker’s idea to create a new subdivision in which schools directly pay athletes can become a reality. And if having this conversation about a new model helps get us to the finish line, that’s important.” Republican members of Congress Cathy McMorris of Washington and Gus …

If college athletes can earn NIL money from the schools, what becomes of donor-backed collectives?
1 year ago

If college athletes can earn NIL money from the schools, what becomes of donor-backed collectives?

Associated Press  

Donor-fueled collectives that raise money and funnel it to college athletes through name, image and likeness opportunities they facilitate probably won’t go away entirely if NCAA President Charlie Baker’s proposals for paying athletes become reality. It’s not too difficult.” Opendorse CEO Blake Lawrence, whose company partners with schools to help initiate, track and monitor NIL deals, said there will be …

Why the NCAA president is proposing some schools should be permitted to pay athletes
1 year ago

Why the NCAA president is proposing some schools should be permitted to pay athletes

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — Schools paying athletes has been banned by the NCAA for decades, but a new proposal by the head of the largest college sports governing body in the United States is aimed at changing that. NCAA President Charlie Baker earlier this week sent a letter to Division I members suggesting the creation of a new subdivision in which …

NCAA President Charlie Baker to testify during Senate hearing on college sports next week
1 year, 2 months ago

NCAA President Charlie Baker to testify during Senate hearing on college sports next week

Associated Press  

NCAA President Charlie Baker is expected to testify in front of a Senate committee next week during the 10th hearing on Capitol Hill over the last three years on college sports. The Senate Judiciary Committee announced it has scheduled a hearing on Name, Image and Likeness, and the Future of College Sports for next Tuesday. Baker, the former governor of …

NCAA moves toward implementing NIL rules with proposals for agent registry, deal disclosure
1 year, 2 months ago

NCAA moves toward implementing NIL rules with proposals for agent registry, deal disclosure

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — In a step toward putting rules in place to regulate the way college athletes can be compensated for their fame, the NCAA Division I Council introduced on Tuesday several proposals to bring transparency to the transactions and oversight of those who want to work with students. They include creation of a voluntary registry for NIL service providers, such …

Review of NCAA’s business pushes association to get creative in supporting schools, athletes
1 year, 4 months ago

Review of NCAA’s business pushes association to get creative in supporting schools, athletes

Associated Press  

On the same day the NCAA released the results of a business review encouraging the association to find creative ways to support its member, it announced Wednesday it was crafting detailed rules for name, image and likeness compensation and that all college athletes soon would be eligible for some injury insurance after they leave school. Echoing Baker’s NIL wish list, …

Manchin, Tuberville introduce college sports bill to standardize NIL rules, regulate collectives
1 year, 4 months ago

Manchin, Tuberville introduce college sports bill to standardize NIL rules, regulate collectives

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Joe Manchin and Tommy Tuberville introduced a college sports bill Tuesday that would require athletes to disclose how much they money make from name, image and likeness deals, regulate collectives and put restrictions on when players can transfer. Democrats Cory Booker and Richard Blumenthal, along with …

Draft of new bipartisan NIL bill calls for central oversight entity to enforce rules
1 year, 5 months ago

Draft of new bipartisan NIL bill calls for central oversight entity to enforce rules

New York Times  

Senators Richard Blumenthal, Jerry Moran and Cory Booker on Thursday circulated a discussion draft of federal legislation they say would protect college athletes’ economic, health and educational rights. The bill proposes the formation of the College Athletics Corporation, a central oversight entity that would set, administer, and enforce rules and standards to protect athletes who enter into endorsement contracts. In …

NCAA made a ‘big mistake’ by not setting up framework for NIL compensation, new president says
1 year, 6 months ago

NCAA made a ‘big mistake’ by not setting up framework for NIL compensation, new president says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — NCAA President Charlie Baker said Thursday he wants a federal law to regulate the way college athletes can be compensated for endorsement deals that creates a registry of deals, agent certification and uniform contract standards. “I think it was a big mistake by the NCAA not to do a framework around NIL when they had the opportunity to,” …

The NCAA’s hopes to control NIL laws hinge on Congress. Will it get what it wants?
1 year, 6 months ago

The NCAA’s hopes to control NIL laws hinge on Congress. Will it get what it wants?

New York Times  

It’s been a busy few weeks for college athletics on Capitol Hill, where multiple drafts of potential federal legislation governing the name, image and likeness industry now sit at various stages within the two chambers of Congress. It’s not necessarily what any of us would have preferred four or five years ago, but it’s our current reality.” GO DEEPER Emerson: …

States move to lift barriers between college athletes, NIL
1 year, 7 months ago

States move to lift barriers between college athletes, NIL

Associated Press  

Lawmakers in Arkansas, Texas and elsewhere are working to remove barriers between college athletes trying to cash in on their fame and the schools for which they play as administrators discover the benefits of moving athlete compensation activities in-house. “The universities want to be more involved in the NIL process and some of the current NCAA rules don’t allow them …

New NCAA president says NIL rules could protect athletes
1 year, 9 months ago

New NCAA president says NIL rules could protect athletes

Associated Press  

As Charlie Baker takes over as NCAA president, he brings a different way of thinking about one of the most important and polarizing issues in college athletics: regulating how student-athletes monetize their fame. “I hope Charlie Baker brings a fresh approach to the NCAA and advises that instead of lobbying Congress, the NCAA and its member colleges should work directly …

NCAA DI Board of Directors issues new NIL guidance to member schools
2 years, 1 month ago

NCAA DI Board of Directors issues new NIL guidance to member schools

New York Times  

Division I schools received clarification Wednesday on their involvement in NIL activities, including the rules of engagement with booster-backed collectives. The DI Board of Directors voted unanimously to issue new guidance to member schools, which includes a non-exhaustive list of what is and isn’t permissible. “The NIL landscape is constantly evolving, and the Board of Directors decided it was important …

EXPLAINER: Name, image and licensing in college, HS sports
2 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINER: Name, image and licensing in college, HS sports

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! To hear coaches tell it, NIL deals have either helped bring them the players they were looking for or it’s just another level of competition to land the most elite athletes. In June 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court said schools can’t limit education-related benefits for athletes, …

NCAA asks members for help with NIL violation investigations
2 years, 4 months ago

NCAA asks members for help with NIL violation investigations

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! NCAA officials sent a letter to its membership Thursday noting its enforcement’s staff pursuit of “potential violations” of the name, image and likeness compensation policy and emphasizing the need for schools to help investigations. It said NCAA enforcement staff is “actively investigating potential abuses of NIL …

USC’s answer to NIL? A new third-party agency facilitating deals
2 years, 6 months ago

USC’s answer to NIL? A new third-party agency facilitating deals

LA Times  

USC football players enter the field before a game against Brigham Young at the Coliseum on Nov. 27, 2021. Amid the ongoing arms race around name, image and likeness in college football, USC didn’t exactly burst out of the gates flaunting its NIL firepower. Even as the football program emerged as a central figure in the spring’s NIL drama, USC …

Keeping schools out of NIL dealings opened door for boosters
2 years, 7 months ago

Keeping schools out of NIL dealings opened door for boosters

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! And yet they’re not able to help here and it left a gap where the school can’t be involved and a booster and donor can.” Last week, the NCAA handed down guidance that made clear collectives should be treated as boosters, which means they should not …

What is NIL?: Everything you need to know about the NCAA and name, image and likeness
2 years, 7 months ago

What is NIL?: Everything you need to know about the NCAA and name, image and likeness

New York Times  

Collegiate sports, largely unchanged for more than a century, has experienced unprecedented change in less than one year. Whether you feel this is just bringing above-board what’s always happened or this is dire for the state of college sports, the “recruiting tendrils” of NIL have unnerved college sports’ leaders and coaches. “It’s out of control, and it’s been getting dramatically …

NCAA clarifies compensation rules but is crackdown likely?
2 years, 7 months ago

NCAA clarifies compensation rules but is crackdown likely?

Associated Press  

Eleven months after the NCAA lifted most of its restrictions against athletes cashing in on their fame, college sports leaders are trying to send a warning to schools and boosters it believes have crossed a line: There are still rules here and they will be enforced. But following last year’s Supreme Court ruling against the NCAA in an antitrust case, …

Marketing deals trickle down from NCAA to high school sports
2 years, 7 months ago

Marketing deals trickle down from NCAA to high school sports

Associated Press  

CLEVELAND — Ian Jackson and Johnuel “Boogie” Fland are among the brightest stars in the firmament of high school basketball and now have business deals to prove it. “All the hard work is finally paying off.” In Ohio, high school principals began voting May 1 on whether to change the state high school athletic association’s bylaws to allow athletes to …

Lack of detailed NIL rules challenges NCAA enforcement
2 years, 10 months ago

Lack of detailed NIL rules challenges NCAA enforcement

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The NCAA lifted most restrictions on athletes earning money through sponsorship deals or as paid endorsers last summer after numerous states passed laws that usurped the association’s rules. “We’re not enforcing NIL deals, and we’re not enforcing the interim policy, which is largely permissive” Duncan said. …

Competitive advantage? BYU’s NIL deal could test limits
3 years, 4 months ago

Competitive advantage? BYU’s NIL deal could test limits

Associated Press  

A deal BYU has made available to its football players could test how much allowing athletes to be compensated by outside companies for name, image and likeness can be used as a competitive advantage. Holmoe said BYU did not negotiate the deal with Built Brands CEO Nick Greer, who is a friend of Sitake’s, but it was vetted by the …

NIL era brings cautious optimism to college-town businesses
3 years, 5 months ago

NIL era brings cautious optimism to college-town businesses

Associated Press  

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Bret Oliverio says he wants college athletes to endorse his Sup Dogs restaurant along the main Franklin Street drag steps from the University of North Carolina. “I don’t know if an athlete wants 20 bucks or 20,000,” he said, “so that’s what I’m trying to navigate.” The NCAA’s decision to allow athletes to cash in arrived …

EXPLAINER: The NCAA and the impact of NIL compensation
3 years, 5 months ago

EXPLAINER: The NCAA and the impact of NIL compensation

Associated Press  

Beginning Thursday, hundreds of thousands of college athletes will be able to earn a form of compensation that has been barred for decades by regulations put in place by the NCAA, conferences, schools or a combination of all of them. A: California forced the issue by passing a state law in 2019 that basically bars the NCAA from interfering in …

NCAA clears way for athlete compensation as state laws loom
3 years, 5 months ago

NCAA clears way for athlete compensation as state laws loom

Associated Press  

DALLAS — The NCAA Board of Directors approved one of the biggest changes in the history of college athletics Wednesday, clearing the way for nearly a half-million athletes to start earning money based on their fame and celebrity without fear of endangering their eligibility or putting their school in jeopardy of violating amateurism rules that have stood for decades. “This …

NCAA’s NIL era arrives, some athletes are ready to cash in
3 years, 5 months ago

NCAA’s NIL era arrives, some athletes are ready to cash in

Associated Press  

Social media stardom came unexpectedly to Haley and Hanna Cavinder. “I’m going to do as much as I can on that first day and just kind of keep the train going,” said Pehlke, whose YouTube channel has more than 14,600 subscribers. “But I think right now it’s figuring out what I want to do and then drawing it out with …

NCAA to allow athletes to earn compensation for name, image and likeness
3 years, 5 months ago

NCAA to allow athletes to earn compensation for name, image and likeness

LA Times  

The NCAA Board of Directors voted to allow athletes to start earning money based on their fame and celebrity without fear of endangering their eligibility or putting their school in jeopardy of violating amateurism rules. The NCAA Board of Directors approved one of the biggest changes in the history of college athletics Wednesday, clearing the way for nearly a half-million …

Starting Thursday, college athletes can profit from endorsements, social media and other sources of income
3 years, 5 months ago

Starting Thursday, college athletes can profit from endorsements, social media and other sources of income

CNN  

CNN — Starting Thursday, college athletes will have the opportunity to make money from their name, image and likeness after the NCAA Board of Governors approved an interim policy that gives student-athletes in all three divisions the ability to profit from sponsorship opportunities for the first time. “This is an important day for college athletes since they all are now …

NCAA moving toward hyperlocal solution to NIL as placeholder
3 years, 5 months ago

NCAA moving toward hyperlocal solution to NIL as placeholder

Associated Press  

The NCAA is lurching toward a temporary, patchwork solution in addressing name, image and likeness compensation for athletes, a hyperlocal approach to allow everyone to earn money off their fame starting July 1 without uniform national rules. A final decision could be made by the D-I Board of Directors next Wednesday — one day before NIL laws go into effect …

NCAA memo: Emmert urges schools to act on NIL or he will
3 years, 6 months ago

NCAA memo: Emmert urges schools to act on NIL or he will

Associated Press  

ROSEMONT, Ill. — NCAA President Mark Emmert told the association’s more than 1,100 member schools Friday that he will seek temporary rules as early as July to ensure all athletes can be compensated for their celebrity with a host of state laws looming and congressional efforts seemingly stalled. “By July, all our athletes should be provided NIL opportunities regardless of …

Amid uncertainty, schools prepare for paid athlete endorsers
3 years, 6 months ago

Amid uncertainty, schools prepare for paid athlete endorsers

Associated Press  

There is Arizona Edge and Buffs with a Brand. “We could name something ‘Unleash,’ toss a couple graphics together, some cool pictures and toss out our social media ad and call it done,” said Bryan Blair, deputy athletic director at Washington State. Brent Blaylock, senior associate AD for compliance, said the goal is for athletes to be “empowered to be …

NCAA’s D1 Council hopes athlete pay rules hashed out in June
3 years, 7 months ago

NCAA’s D1 Council hopes athlete pay rules hashed out in June

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Council plans to act on legislative proposals next month that would allow athletes to be paid to be sponsors, social media influencers and product endorsers, the governing body for college sports announced Wednesday. That would provide greater consistency in the name, image and likeness opportunities available to student-athletes nationally as state laws become effective …

NIL bill would allow college athletes to return from draft
3 years, 9 months ago

NIL bill would allow college athletes to return from draft

Associated Press  

The latest federal bill related to college sports would allow athletes to earn money from endorsements, loosen restrictions around transfers and permit players to return to school after entering a professional league’s draft. Most recently, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., introduced a bill narrowly focused on giving college athletes the right to earn money off their names, images and likenesses. Cory …

Latest bill would bar NCAA limits on athlete NIL rights
3 years, 10 months ago

Latest bill would bar NCAA limits on athlete NIL rights

Associated Press  

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy introduced a bill Thursday that would guarantee college athlete the right to earn money from endorsements and sponsorship deals while barring the NCAA, schools and conferences from imposing restrictions. The College Athlete Economic Freedom Act is the third piece of legislation related to name, image and likeness compensation for college athletes introduced in Congress since December …

NCAA D1 Council holds off on athlete compensation, transfers
3 years, 11 months ago

NCAA D1 Council holds off on athlete compensation, transfers

Associated Press  

The NCAA delayed votes on legislation that would permit college athletes to cash in on their popularity for the first time and to transfer to another school without having to sit out one year. “Unfortunately, external factors require this pause, and the Council will use this time to enhance the proposals.” NCAA President Mark Emmert told The Associated Press on …

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