The Injury Layer of the Revenue-Share Deal: Medical Disqualification Clauses and Post-Eligibility Coverage

Most college athlete revenue-share contracts say little or nothing about injuries. Too often that silence reflects a harder reality: athletes are given no meaningful opportunity to understand their injuries or who is directing their care, no control over injury management, and no voice in medical eligibility decisions. This session proposes concrete ways to bring athletes into injury decision-making — borrowing proven models from shared decision-making in healthcare and from professional sports contracts — and shows attorneys exactly where injury risk hides in these agreements: in payment triggers, content-creation duties, and buyout terms. Attendees will leave with hands-on drafting tools, a clause-by-clause risk map, and a briefing on the new federal and state legislation that could reshape these deals.

When a college athlete’s playing days end, what insurance protects them? This session walks through every layer of coverage available to paid athletes — from the NCAA’s post-eligibility and catastrophic injury programs to disability, loss-of-value, and NIL contract protection policies. Attendees will learn how the House settlement, new state laws, and the “athlete as employee” debate are creating coverage needs that did not exist a few years ago, and how to help athletes and schools spot gaps, stack policies in the right order, and buy coverage at the right time.