FOR STUDENT-ATHLETES - NIL APPROVAL FORM MUST BE COMPLETED AND GIVEN TO ATHLETIC DIRECTOR'S OFFICE
LSU Eunice Policy on Student-Athlete Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL)
Purpose
Upon the adoption of Senate Bill 60 of the 2021 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, student-athletes are permitted to receive compensation for use of their name, image, and likeness. This policy applies to student-athletes of LSUE.
Intercollegiate Athlete Name, Image and Likeness (NIL): An initiative to allow an intercollegiate athlete the opportunity to benefit from the use of their NIL.
Examples of how intercollegiate athletes could use their NIL (not an exhaustive list):
- Promote their own business
- Promote a corporate entity (e.g., brand ambassador, social media influencer)
- Establish their own camp/clinic
- Make an appearance at any location and receive compensation
- Sign autographs and receive compensation
Intercollegiate Athlete’s Compensation Guidelines
An intercollegiate athlete at a postsecondary education institution may earn compensation for the use of their NIL provided:
- The compensation is not provided in exchange of athletics performance.
- The compensation (or prospective compensation) is not provided as an incentive to attend LSUE.
- The compensation is commensurate with market value.
- The compensation is not provided by LSUE, an entity whose purpose includes supporting or benefitting LSUE or its intercollegiate athletics program, or an officer, director, employee or agent of LSUE.
Compensation earned by the intercollegiate athlete in a manner consistent with the guidelines outlined herein will not affect the intercollegiate athlete’s grant-in-aid or athletics eligibility. The grant-in-aid (including cost of attendance) that is awarded to an intercollegiate athlete by a postsecondary education institution shall not be considered compensation and shall not be revoked or reduced as a result of an intercollegiate athlete’s earnings through a permissible NIL agreement.
Institutional Responsibilities
Student-athletes will have the freedom to earn compensation for their name, image, and likeness subject only to certain limitations contain in statute and this policy.
- LSUE may prohibit an intercollegiate athlete from using their NIL for compensation if such opportunity conflicts with an existing institutional sponsorship agreement or contract or goes against the values of LSU or LSUE.
- An institutional staff member of a postsecondary education institution shall not be involved in arranging compensation for an intercollegiate athlete or providing compensation themselves.
- Athletics boosters are prohibited from creating or facilitating NIL compensation opportunities for prospective student-athletes as a recruiting inducement or current student-athlete as an inducement to remain enrolled at her respective postsecondary institution.
Use of Institutional Marks
An intercollegiate athlete shall not use LSUE’s facilities, uniforms, registered trademarks, products protected by copyright or official logos, marks, and colors without the express written permission of the postsecondary education institution.
Additional General Guidelines
A contract for compensation for the use of the NIL of an intercollegiate athlete under eighteen years of age shall be executed on the intercollegiate athlete’s behalf by their parent or legal guardian.
The student athlete’s obligations to LSUE and the team supersede any NIL obligations to which a student athlete may commit.
An intercollegiate athlete must disclose any agreements made for the use of an intercollegiate athlete’s NIL to LSUE.
Any compensation earned by an intercollegiate athlete shall not be for an endorsement of tobacco, alcohol, illegal substances or activities, banned athletic substances, or any form of gambling.
LSUE or LSUE’s athletics program shall have the discretion to determine what constitutes an endorsement of a prohibited area in these categories. The duration of a contract for representation of an intercollegiate athlete or compensation for the use of an intercollegiate athlete’s NIL shall not extend beyond their participation in an athletics program at LSUE.
Reporting Requirements:
All student-athletes at LSUE are to report all agreements and contracts to LSUE athletics by filling out the Name, Image, and Likeness Form and submitting to Athletic Director’s Office.
