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Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has signed the Jordan McNair Safe and Fair Play Act into law.
Beginning in 2023, the Act authorizes student athletes at Maryland colleges and universities to receive compensation for their name, image, and likeness (NIL) and retain agent representation without penalty to the student athlete’s eligibility or participation in intercollegiate competition.
Student athletes are required to disclose any NIL contract in which they enter to their school. A student athlete’s NIL contract cannot conflict with the school’s athletic program contracts. Schools are not required to disclose conflicting provisions of its contracts. Student athletes are also prohibited from using their school’s name and logos to market the student athlete’s individual NIL rights.
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Maryland Adds Athlete Safety Provision As It Joins Growing List Of States To Enact Name, Image, And Likeness Law Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has signed the Jordan McNair Safe and Fair Play Act into law.
Beginning in 2023, the Act authorizes student athletes at Maryland colleges and universities to receive compensation for their name, image, and likeness (NIL) and retain agent representation without penalty to the student athlete’s eligibility or participation in intercollegiate competition.
Student athletes are required to disclose any NIL contract in which they enter to their school. A student athlete’s NIL contract cannot conflict with the school’s athletic program contracts. Schools are not required to disclose conflicting provisions of its contracts. Student athletes are also prohibited from using their school’s name and logos to market the student athlete’s individual NIL rights.
Hogan And Legislative Leaders Sign Bills, Announce State House Reopening - Across Maryland, MD - Gov. Hogan Jr. (R) and the presiding officers of the General Assembly joined together for a bill signing ceremony in Annapolis.
“The bill is an important statement that our state government is going to prioritize the health and financial needs of our student athletes,” said Del. Brooke Lierman, a Democrat who was a bill sponsor.
More than a dozen states have approved laws to allow athletes to be compensated for use of their name, image or likeness, or NIL for short.
“I think it’s something nationally that’s beginning to pick up steam on the specific issue of NIL,” said Sen. Justin Ready, a Maryland Republican who sponsored the legislation. “The NCAA has dragged its feet for so long on this issue. It makes no sense to me why a student athlete can’t earn money based on their name, image and likeness.”