SB293
AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions relating to the compensation of student athletes for the use of their name, image or likeness; revising provisions relating to contracts for compensation for the use of the name, image or likeness of student athletes; making confidential certain information and contracts relating to the compensation of student athletes for the use of their name, image or likeness; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions relating to the compensation of student athletes for the use of their name, image or likeness; revising provisions relating to contracts for compensation for the use of the name, image or likeness of student athletes; making confidential certain information and contracts relating to the compensation of student athletes for the use of their name, image or likeness; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
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Thursday, March 6, 2025
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AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions relating to the compensation of student athletes for the use of their
Existing law prohibits a public or private institution that offers educational services beyond the secondary level from: (1) upholding or enforcing certain rules that prevent student athletes from being compensated for the use of the name, image or likeness of the student athlete by an organization other than the institution or a national collegiate association; (2) compensating a current student athlete of the institution for the use of the name, image or likeness of the student athlete; or (3) altering, withholding or otherwise reducing the amount of a scholarship awarded to a student athlete because the student athlete is compensated for the use of the name, image or likeness of the student athlete by an organization other than the institution or a national collegiate athletic association. (NRS 398.045, 398.300) Section 1 of this bill eliminates these prohibitions. Existing law authorizes a student athlete to enter into a contract with an organization other than an institution or a national collegiate athletic association that provides for the student athlete to be compensated for the use of the name, image or likeness of the student athlete. (NRS 398.310) Section 2 of this bill authorizes a student athlete to enter into such a contract with an institution or a national collegiate athletic association. Sections 2 and 2.5 of this bill provide that such contracts entered into by a student athlete and materials relating to such contracts are confidential and are not public re
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