Oklahoma § 70-820.25 - Limitations on student athlete agreements and contracts

§ 70-820.25. Limitations on student athlete agreements and contracts

— Permissible restrictions by institutions — Required courses for

student athletes.

A. A student athlete shall not use a postsecondary

institution’s marks for the purpose of securing payment for use of

his or her name, image, or likeness unless authorized by the

postsecondary institution.

B. A student athlete shall not enter into a name, image, and

likeness agreement that conflicts with a written policy of the

postsecondary institution or involves a commercial product or

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service that negatively impacts or reflects adversely on the

postsecondary institution or its athletic programs including, but

not limited to, generating public disrepute, embarrassment, scandal,

ridicule or otherwise negatively impacting the reputation or the

moral or ethical standards of the postsecondary institution.

C. A contract for the use of a student athlete’s name, image,

or likeness or a contract for professional representation related to

name, image, or likeness that is formed while the student athlete is

participating in intercollegiate athletics at a postsecondary

institution may not extend beyond his or her eligibility to

participate in intercollegiate athletics; provided, however, if a

postsecondary institution has licensed the right to use the name,

image, or likeness of a student athlete to promote the postsecondary

institution’s academic or athletic program in content created while

the student athlete is enrolled at the postsecondary institution,

the postsecondary institution shall not be required to discontinue

use of such name, image, or likeness rights, if and as permitted by

the agreement with the student athlete, after the student athlete’s

eligibility has expired.

D. A postsecondary institution may adopt reasonable time,

place, and manner restrictions to prevent a student athlete’s name,

image, or likeness activities from interfering with team activities,

the postsecondary institution’s operations, or the use of the

postsecondary institution’s facilities. A postsecondary institution

may receive compensation for the use of its institutional marks or

facilities in conjunction with a student athlete’s name, image, and

likeness activities.

E. A collegiate athletic association shall not prohibit a

postsecondary institution from establishing agreements with a third

party to act on its behalf to identify, facilitate, enable, or

support student athlete name, image, and likeness activities.

F. A postsecondary institution may require a student athlete to

take courses or receive education or training in contracts,

financial literacy, or any other subject the postsecondary

institution deems necessary to prepare a student athlete to engage

in name, image, and likeness activities.

Added by Laws 2021, c. 559, § 24, emerg. eff. May 28, 2021. Amended

by Laws 2023, c. 315, § 4, emerg. eff. May 26, 2023; Laws 2024, c.

85, § 2, emerg. eff. April 22, 2024; Laws 2025, c. 36, § 3, emerg.

eff. May 3, 2025.