Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-820.25
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Limitations on student athlete agreements and contracts
Official statutory text
— 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.
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
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 70. Schools Page 1128
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.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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