Program Description
The summer of 2021 has brought a torrent of change to collegiate athletics. The U.S. Supreme Court, in NCAA v. Alston, struck down the NCAA’s restrictions on education-related benefits for student athletes as a violation of federal antitrust law. Shortly thereafter, the NCAA adopted an interim policy across all divisions to provide uniform guidance on name, image, and likeness (NIL) opportunities for student athletes. These developments have wide-ranging impacts on the policies, compliance systems, and practical expectations and assumptions around collegiate athletics programs for decades. Counsel, institutional leadership, athletics staff, and student athletes are now left to traverse a radically changed landscape, and questions abound regarding the way forward.
Join us for this two-hour webinar which will address:
- An overview of the meaning and impacts of NCAA v. Alston, the NCAA’s Interim NIL Policy, the status of proposed state and federal NIL legislation, and the role of athletic conferences
- A dive into legal and governance issues for counsel: ethical questions; liability concerns; antitrust considerations; management and enforcement of intellectual property, marks, and licensing; and equity issues
- Practical takeaways on:
- Educational benefits post-Alston
- Institutional NIL enforcement and related compliance issues
- Athletics publicity, messaging, and ownership of student athlete data
- Financial aid impacts of NIL income for student athletes
- NIL activity for international student athletes
- And more!
This webinar will be of interest to in-house and outside counsel to colleges and universities, athletic directors, administrators, and coaching staff, and others with responsibilities related to collegiate athletics programs and student athletes.