A bill to amend 2020 PA 366, entitled “An act to prohibit postsecondary educational institutions in this state and certain athletic organizations from preventing a college athlete from receiving compensation for the use of his or her name, image, or likeness rights,” by amending section 10 (MCL 390.1740).
House Bill 4319 would amend 2020 PA 366 to explicitly allow employees of Michigan postsecondary educational institutions to support student athletes’ name, image, or likeness (NIL) opportunities by partnering with third parties that license publicity rights or the use of NIL rights of student athletes, as long as all of the following are met: • The third party is not a national association for the promotion or regulation of collegiate athletics, an athletics conference, or another postsecondary educational institution. • The third party has been in operation for at least five years and is registered for charitable solicitation under Michigan law. • The postsecondary educational institution does not coerce, compel, or interfere with a student athlete’s decision to earn compensation from or obtain representation in connection with any specific NIL opportunity.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Education
Referred to the Committee on Higher Education
