KRS 164.6945: Compensation of student -athlete for use of name, image, or likeness --
Where this section sits in the code
- KRS Chapter 164
Compensation from institution -- Agreements -- Restrictions.
(1) A student -athlete may receive compensation for the use of the athlete's name,
image, or likeness through a name, image, and likeness agreement with a third
party. Such compensation shall be consistent with the prevailing range of
compensation for the authorized use of the athlete's name, image, or likeness.
(2) A student -athlete may receive compensation from an institution or its affiliated
corporation, including but not limited to sharing revenue as permitted or required
by a legal settlement or applicable law, by entering into a written institutional
agreement with the institution or affiliated corporation. Su ch compensation may be
in exchange for the use of the student -athlete's name, image, or likeness,
institutional brand promotion, or other rights.
(3) An institution or affiliated corporation may designate, through contract, sublicense,
or other written agr eement, a media rights holder or one (1) or more other third
parties with whom an institution's student -athletes may directly enter into NIL
agreements consistent with the prevailing range of compensation.
(4) A student -athlete shall not enter into an NIL agreement to receive compensation
from a third party relating to the endorsement or promotion of:
(a) Sports betting;
(b) A controlled substance;
(c) A substance the student -athlete's intercollegiate athletic association forbids
the athlete from using;
(d) Adult entertainment; or
(e) Products or services that would be illegal for the student -athlete to possess or
receive.
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