The N-I-L Hotline

012 - A Questionable Proposal

On this episode of the NIL Hotline, we examine the bill that was put forward by Senators Tuberville and Manchin regarding name, image, and likeness...and whoo boy this one is a doozy. Lots of questionable legal frameworks, and some plain old disingenuousness masquerading as "fixing the system". We discuss the implausibility of some of the bill's highlights, and we talk about whether or not this has any chance at becoming a law down the road. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

011 - College Sports Goes To Congress

The last couple of weeks have seen NIL become a hot topic in Washington, as NCAA leadership, college administrators, and coaches descend on Capitol Hill to lobby congressional members for a national NIL law --- one that might supercede the patchwork of state laws that have popped up in the last two years. We discuss the core problems with this approach, highlight how out of step a national NIL law for college athletes would be in relation to other individuals' right of publicity, and suggest some other alternatives for solving the stated problems of university leaders. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

010 - Listener Questions, NIL jobs, and EA Sports

On this episode we answer a listener question about how potential transfers in college sports find out about NIL opportunities at new schools. We then discuss the new EA Sports group licensing deal for the upcoming College Football game and talk about how that arrangement came to be, and what the payment of college athletes means. We also look at the type of athletic department job that deals directly with NIL opportunities. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

009 - A National NIL Law is Unlikely

The NCAA and its member institutions are hoping for a federally-mandated solution to their NIL woes. Surely a national right-of-publicity law for college athletes is easy to argue for, right? Well, actually no. On this edition of the NIL Hotline, we delve into New York's new state law proposal, the NCAA and its member schools' peculiar thought processes in terms of congressional action, and the reality of how rights of publicity are handled in the United States today. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

008 - Mid-May NIL Headlines

On the latest NIL Hotline, we talk about some of the latest headlines in the NIL world, including: Penn State's local business strategy [https://www.abc27.com/sports/nittany-nation/penn-states-nil-success-driven-by-central-pennsylvania-businesses/] with NIL Hunter Dickinson's shockingly low NIL money deal [https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/37594546/hunter-dickinson-nil-played-role-transfer-kansas] at Michigan Andy Dalton's plan to give money [https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10075766-panthers-andy-dalton-commits-to-providing-nil-deals-to-450-plus-tcu-athletes] to all TCU athletes See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].