NCAA Sends Letter to Remind Schools They Cannot Compensate Athletes

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The NCAA sent a memo to member schools Monday addressing the limits of their name, image and likeness involvement, seemingly triggered by a first-of-its-kind NIL initiative announced by Texas A&M two weeks earlier.

In the short email obtained by Sports Illustrated, NCAA executive vice president of regulatory affairs Stan Wilcox reminded administrators that the association’s current rules prohibit a school from compensating athletes for NIL, including “entities acting on behalf of the institution.” The memo also expressly stated that schools are prohibited from providing assets to “entities engaged in NIL,” such as priority points to stadium seating and access, Ross Dellenger of SI reported.

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