Oklahoma § 70-820.23 - Payments – Postsecondary institution or third-party

§ 70-820.23. Payments – Postsecondary institution or third-party

authorizations – Collegiate athletic association restrictions.

A. A student athlete may earn payments for the use of the name,

image, or likeness of the student athlete or as otherwise permitted

by a collegiate athletic association with authority over his or her

postsecondary institution without penalty or resulting limitation on

participation. Such payments shall not affect the student athlete’s

eligibility for athletic grant-in-aid.

B. A postsecondary institution or a third party authorized to

act on behalf of the postsecondary institution may:

1. Provide professional representation and pay or cause payment

to be directed to a current or prospective student athlete as

permitted by the Student Athlete Name, Image and Likeness Rights

Act; provided, however, no postsecondary institution shall use funds

allocated by this state for such payment; and

2. Enter into exclusive or non-exclusive licenses or

endorsement agreements for a student athlete’s name, image, or

likeness, institutional promotion, or other rights.

C. A collegiate athletic association shall not prohibit a

postsecondary institution or a third party authorized to act on

behalf of a postsecondary institution from identifying,

facilitating, enabling, or supporting opportunities for a student

athlete to earn payment for the student athlete’s name, image, or

likeness activities.

D. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to

qualify a student athlete as an employee of a postsecondary

institution or a collegiate athletic association based on the

student athlete’s receipt of any payment or benefit permitted by

this Act or one or more of the following:

1. Participation in intercollegiate athletic competition;

2. Membership on any intercollegiate athletic team; or

3. Imposition of requirements, controls, or restrictions on

student athletes by postsecondary institutions, in connection with

their participation in intercollegiate athletic activities,

practices, and competition.

E. No release of or license to use a student athlete’s name,

image, or likeness rights, or a name, image, or likeness agreement,

shall be required from or with any individual or group of

participants in an intercollegiate athletic competition, contest, or

event, or spectators at a sports game, contest, or event, for audio-

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visual, audio, or visual broadcasts, rebroadcasts, or other

distributions of such event.

Added by Laws 2021, c. 559, § 22, emerg. eff. May 28, 2021. Amended

by Laws 2023, c. 315, § 2, emerg. eff. May 26, 2023; Laws 2024, c.

85, § 1, emerg. eff. April 22, 2024; Laws 2025, c. 36, § 1, emerg.

eff. May 3, 2025.