H.R. 3847 would protect student athletes’ ability to make name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals and hire NIL representatives. It would require written NIL agreements with stated services, parties, term, payment, and termination terms. Athletes would disclose agreements to their school, which generally could not share the details without written consent. Athletic associations would create searchable databases using anonymous agreement data to help estimate NIL market value.
The bill would also require schools seeking certain federal education funds to provide athlete training on topics such as financial literacy, mental health, nutrition, and NIL opportunities. Schools would have to cover medical costs for sports injuries for four years after an athlete graduates or leaves. Athletic grants-in-aid could not be reduced or canceled for listed reasons, and would remain available for degree completion for up to 10 years from the initial agreement. The bill would limit certain state rules on college sports and state that athletes are not employees of schools or athletic associations based on playing on a varsity team. It was introduced and referred to House committees; it has not been enacted.
If enacted, student athletes could enter NIL agreements and obtain representation without losing eligibility for those reasons alone. They would need to disclose agreement terms to their school within 60 days. Schools would have to provide specified training and meet the bill’s medical-care and grant-in-aid requirements to qualify for certain federal education funding.
The bill provides no total cost estimate. It would require schools to pay certain medical costs for sports injuries for four years after an athlete leaves, and to provide specified training. It does not state how much these requirements would cost.
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