Oklahoma § 70-820.27 - Restrictions on collegiate athletic associations —

§ 70-820.27. Restrictions on collegiate athletic associations —

Liability immunity for postsecondary institution employees.

A. A collegiate athletic association shall not and shall not

authorize its member institutions to:

1. Prevent a student athlete at a postsecondary institution

from earning compensation for the use of his or her name, image, or

likeness;

2. Penalize a student athlete or prevent a student athlete from

full participation in an intercollegiate sport because he or she

obtains professional representation or receives assistance with

services associated with name, image, or likeness activities

including with contracts or other legal matters from an individual,

entity, or a postsecondary institution; or

3. Allow compensation earned by a student athlete for the use

of his or her name, image, or likeness or athletic reputation to

affect the amount, duration, or renewal of or eligibility for any

athletic grant-in-aid or other institutional scholarship; provided,

however, compensation earned by a student athlete for the use of his

or her name, image, or likeness or athletic reputation may be used

for the calculation of income for determining eligibility for needbased financial aid.

B. A collegiate athletic association shall not and shall not

authorize its member institutions to:

1. Prevent a postsecondary institution from participation in

intercollegiate athletics because a student athlete in attendance

has previously earned or intends to earn compensation for the use of

his or her name, image, or likeness;

2. Entertain a complaint, open an investigation, or take any

other adverse action against a postsecondary institution or an

employee or student athlete of a postsecondary institution for

engaging in any activity protected in the Student Athlete Name,

Image and Likeness Rights Act or for involvement in student athlete

name, image, or likeness activities; or

3. Penalize a postsecondary institution or an employee or

student athlete of a postsecondary institution because an individual

or entity whose purpose includes supporting or benefitting the

postsecondary institution or its athletic programs violates the

collegiate athletic association’s rules or regulations with regard

to student athlete name, image, or likeness activities.

C. No postsecondary institution’s officers or employees,

including athletics coaching staff, shall be liable for any damages

to a student athlete’s ability to earn compensation for the use of

the student athlete’s name, image, or likeness resulting from

decisions and actions routinely taken in the course of

intercollegiate athletics.

Added by Laws 2023, c. 315, § 6, emerg. eff. May 26, 2023. Amended

by Laws 2024, c. 85, § 3, emerg. eff. April 22, 2024.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools