Beyond NIL: Athlete Rights and Revenue in the House v. NCAA Era

Review the foundations of name, image, and likeness rights under state statutes and NCAA interim policy, examine the patchwork of disclosure and registration requirements, and establish the regulatory baseline that frames every subsequent compensation issue.

Examine the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement, the back-pay structure, the new athlete revenuesharing pool, the roster and scholarship adjustments, and the open enforcement questions institutions and athletes face during the rollout.

Work through the contract drafting issues unique to athlete representation, including NIL agreement structures, brand licensing terms, exclusivity and morality clauses, and the agent and collective relationships that shape negotiating posture and execution risk.

Identify the ethics, compliance, and risk management obligations confronting counsel for athletes, universities, brands, and collectives, including conflicts of interest, recruiting inducement boundaries, Title IX exposure, and tax treatment of compensation streams.

Trace the unionization petitions before the NLRB, the federal preemption legislation pending in Congress, the antitrust litigation pipeline, and the structural trends pushing college athletics toward an openly professional compensation model.