New IHSAA rule will allow Indiana high school athletes to monetize NIL
The IHSAA board of directors passed a proposal on Monday called Personal Branding Activity to allow athletes to monetize name, image and likeness.
Indiana high school athletes will now be allowed to monetize their own name, image and likeness. The Indiana High School Athletic Association board of directors voted through a proposal on Monday to allow “Personal Branding Activity. ” The proposal will allow high school athletes to benefit monetarily from their NIL with specific guidelines.
Indiana is one of the last states to allow NIL to high school athletes. Michigan became the 46 th state to allow NIL in January. “It fits within our amateur rule we currently have,” IHSAA commissioner Paul Neidig said last month .
“You own your own name. I think people understand that. (The proposal) is very similar to what a lot of states do.
” Neidig and the IHSAA made eight visits around the state the past two weeks to discuss the upcoming proposals, including the potential to allow NIL. The PBA proposal gained support from about half of the administrators, Neidig said. As previously reported, an athlete could utilize their NIL as long they are not depicting any affiliation with a member school – or using school facilities or property – in association with receiving PBA compensation.
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