OSAA: Oregon high school student-athletes can now profit off their name, image and likeness

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – Excessive College Athletes in Oregon can now revenue off their title, picture and likeness, based on the Oregon College Actions Affiliation.

The OSAA took a remaining vote to approve this modification Monday and it’s now in impact. Highschool student-athletes can revenue however must comply with some guidelines.

The athletes can’t be compensated primarily based on efficiency like monetary incentives for scoring factors. The deal can’t be an inducement to attend a sure faculty. Athletes additionally can’t make any cope with any OSAA member faculty or agent of that faculty. Athletes should additionally disclose any agreements to the varsity they attend.

Along with these guidelines, there’s a checklist of actions and merchandise that the student-athletes can’t promote together with grownup leisure, alcohol, tobacco, vaping and hashish merchandise. In addition they can’t promote playing, weapons or political candidates or events.

The OSAA modified its rule the identical day that Nike introduced that it signed “Identify, picture and likeness” offers with 5 highschool student-athletes, together with Lebron James’ son Bronny James.

The OSAA mentioned it’s not conscious of any Oregon Highschool student-athletes at the moment being compensated however the affiliation mentioned it has had a number of inquiries over the previous yr.

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