NIL Update: The NCAA Delays NIL Rule While Congress and States Continue with Divergent Goals and the U.S. Supreme Court Buzzes In | Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: There has been a flurry of activity in the name, image, likeness (“NIL”) arena over the past several months. We previously discussed the NCAA’s about-face decision to permit student-athlete compensation, as well as related ongoing state and federal efforts, here, and the NCAA NIL Working Group’s recommendations here. Recently, the NCAA’s formal approval of its proposed rule permitting NIL compensation for certain endeavors by student-athletes was stymied by a January 8, 2021 letter from the Antitrust Division of the U....