(Adobe Stock/zimmytws)Name Image and Likeness (NIL) has been a point of contention for college athletes for over a century. In the earliest days, athletes had complete control of their image. Within a few decades, athletes lost this control. Lawsuits and new laws about the rights of publicity ultimately returned NIL rights to athletes generally, but the NCAA restrictions lasted until recently. While college athletes should have control over their NIL rights as individuals, the complications of media rights as addressed in the House settlement make things very challenging. By remembering the past and acknowledging the present, this presentation will offer some predictions for the future of college sport, NIL, and media rights.
The Speaker
Dr. Sarah K. Fields (JD Washington University; PhD University of Iowa) is a professor in Communication at the University of Colorado Denver. Her research and teaching focus on the intersection of sport and American culture, specifically gender, injury, and law. She is the author of Game Faces: Sport Celebrity and the Laws of Reputation and Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America.
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