South Carolina § 59-158-20 - Compensation for use of intercollegiate athlete's name, image, or likeness; prohibited acts.
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§ 59-158-20. Compensation for use of intercollegiate athlete's name, image, or likeness; prohibited acts.
(A) An institution of higher learning or any officer, trustee, director, or employee may directly or through an agreement with a third party, identify, create, solicit, facilitate, and otherwise enable opportunities for a currently enrolled intercollegiate athlete to earn compensation for the use of the intercollegiate athlete's name, image, or likeness. An institution of higher learning may grant permission to intercollegiate athletes to use its trademarks and facilities.
(B) An institution of higher learning may not receive compensation or fees directly from an intercollegiate athlete related to the facilitation of NIL.
(C) No appropriated funds of an institution of higher learning may be used to pay an intercollegiate athlete compensation for the use of their name, image, and likeness.
(D) Compensation earned by an intercollegiate athlete for the use of his name, image, or likeness must represent payment for the use of his name, image, or likeness, independent of, rather than as payment for, his athletic participation or performance unless otherwise permitted or authorized by a collegiate athletic association and institution of higher learning policy, a court order, or a settlement agreement.
HISTORY: 2021 Act No. 35 (S.685), SECTION 1, eff July 1, 2021; 2024 Act No. 207 (H.4957), SECTION 2, eff May 21, 2024.
Editor's Note
2021 Act No. 35, SECTION 7, provides as follows:
"SECTION 7. This act takes effect for each institution of higher learning in this State upon the earlier of July 1, 2022, or certification by the Attorney General to the Governor of the enactment of rules consistent with the provisions contained in this act by the institution of higher learning's collegiate governing body [July 1, 2021]. Upon certification by the Attorney General, the provisions of this act are suspended until the General Assembly takes further action."
Effect of Amendment
2024 Act No. 207, SECTION 2, rewrote the section.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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