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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(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. Such 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 agreement, 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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XIII. Education § 164.6945.Compensation of student-athlete for use of name, image, or likeness; compensation from institution; agreements; restrictions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xiii-education/ky-rev-st-sect-164-6945/
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