Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-820.27
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Restrictions on collegiate athletic associations —
Official statutory text
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 need-
based 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.
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 need-
based 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.
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