NIL SCORES A WIN

The landscape of college sports changed significantly after the Supreme Court ruling in 2021 that the NCAA could not bar student-athletes from accepting benefits and earning money for their name, image and likeness (NIL).

Sport Administration Professors AJ Moorman and Adam Cocco have been studying the issue and were recently honored for their outstanding research with the Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport Best Paper Award for 2023, presented at the annual Sport and Recreation Law Association Conference.

Their paper, “College Athlete NIL Activities and Institutional Agreements at a Crossroads: An Analysis of the Regulatory Landscape and ‘Conflict Language’ in State NIL Legislation,” analyzed 26 state NIL statutes. They set out to determine how various states’ legislation restrains college NIL activities that conflict with institutional agreements, limit NIL activities during official team activities and establish enforcement or dispute resolution processes for asserted conflicts.