Tag: Sarah K. Fields

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.

John S. Hellström har läst Sarah K. Fields’ intressanta rättshistoriska skildring Game Faces: Sport celebrity and the laws of reputation (University of Illinois Press), och finner att det kanske mest intressanta i hela boken sannolikt upptäcktes av en slump av författaren, som därmed, eller i alla händelser, inte fördjupat analysen i den delen.