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Name, Image, & Likeness (NIL) at tOSU

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Jake said:
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Yes. Welcome to 2022, where people are allowed to be paid for the use of their name, image or likeness instead of having it used by others to make money while getting nothing for it but injuries and, sometimes, a bachelor's degree.

earthfuckingshattering stuff

I mean of all the shit people could legitimately sit around and bemoan the current state of, this is just hard for me to wrap my head around.

Good for these kids. Go get paid.

(not at you @Jake)
 
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Jaxbuck said:
Yes. Welcome to 2022, where people are allowed to be paid for the use of their name, image or likeness instead of having it used by others to make money while getting nothing for it but injuries and, sometimes, a bachelor's degree.

earthfuckingshattering stuff

I mean of all the shit people could legitimately sit around and bemoan the current state of, this is just hard for me to wrap my head around.

Good for these kids. Go get paid.

(not at you @Jake)
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I'll say that CJ is using it the way it was intended to be used....hooking up with an interested company to be their spokesman. What's happened with these [[allegedly]]non-profit slush funds being set up by boosters and message boards as direct inducements to commit isn't the way it was supposed to be used.
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
I'll say that CJ is using it the way it was intended to be used....hooking up with an interested company to be their spokesman. What's happened with these [[allegedly]]non-profit slush funds being set up by boosters and message boards as direct inducements to commit isn't the way it was supposed to be used.
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Not disagreeing with you, but lots of things these days are what they were supposed to be.
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
The only reason for getting those contracts is their affiliation with a taxpayer supported, non-profit institution. I think there's a lot of grey area as to the privacy of those contracts.
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Do the professors have to disclose their contracts around book deals or speaking engagements? I have no idea, just wondering.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
Do the professors have to disclose their contracts around book deals or speaking engagements? I have no idea, just wondering.
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I'm certain that they have to report it to the university. Whether that would then make it publicly available to the public, I don't know. I do know that there's not that much chance of a national scandal erupting over a History professor's contract with Princeton University Press.
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
I'm certain that they have to report it to the university. Whether that would then make it publicly available to the public, I don't know. I do know that there's not that much chance of a national scandal erupting over a History professor's contract with Princeton University Press.
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High profile nature of athletes is a straw man to the question of FOI though.

These guys can get a shoe contract before they ever sign with a school so it's easy to make a counter argument to the idea that they only make money because of the schools.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
High profile nature of athletes is a straw man to the question of FOI though.

These guys can get a shoe contract before they ever sign with a school so it's easy to make a counter argument to the idea that they only make money because of the schools.
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Exactly. In some cases it’s pretty easy to make the case of the chicken or egg coming first, but the fact that the chicken or egg _could_ come first is likely where the legal case would be made.

I would guess, however, schools are compiling NIL information. It’s in their benefit to do so to keep an eye on what may / may not become a compliance issue as well as being able to demonstrate to recruits what NIL possibilities exist with a program. That said, by compiling the information, and as ORD points out — at a public institution, likely opens them up to FOI for NIL details. How that’s handled with private schools? Who knows.
 
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