2020 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 48 - Labor
48-3603 Name, image, or likeness rights or athletic reputation; compensation of student-athlete, effect.
48-3603. Name, image, or likeness rights or athletic reputation; compensation of student-athlete, effect.
(1) No postsecondary institution shall uphold any rule, requirement, standard, or limitation that prevents a student-athlete from fully participating in an intercollegiate sport for such postsecondary institution because such student-athlete earns compensation for the use of such student-athlete's name, image, or likeness rights or athletic reputation.
(2) No collegiate athletic association shall penalize a student-athlete or prevent a student-athlete from fully participating in an intercollegiate sport because such student-athlete earns compensation for the use of such student-athlete's name, image, or likeness rights or athletic reputation.
(3) No collegiate athletic association shall penalize a postsecondary institution or prevent a postsecondary institution from fully participating in an intercollegiate sport because a student-athlete participating in an intercollegiate sport for such postsecondary institution earns compensation for the use of such student-athlete's name, image, or likeness rights or athletic reputation.
(4) No postsecondary institution shall allow compensation earned by a student-athlete for the use of such student-athlete's name, image, or likeness rights or athletic reputation to affect the duration, amount, or eligibility for or renewal of any athletic grant-in-aid or other institutional scholarship, except that compensation earned by a student-athlete for the use of such student-athlete's name, image, or likeness rights or athletic reputation may be used for the calculation of income for determining eligibility for need-based financial aid.
Source
- Laws 2020, LB962, ยง 3.
- Effective Date: November 14, 2020
