|
REFERENCE TITLE: student athletes; employment status; restrictions |
|
State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
|
|
SB 1615 |
|
|
|
Introduced by Senator Shope
|
AN ACT
amending section 15-1892, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to collegiate athletics.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 15-1892, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
15-1892. Student athlete compensation; postsecondary education institutions; prohibitions; student athlete employment status; definitions
A. Any postsecondary education institution that competes in an intercollegiate sport shall allow a student athlete to earn compensation from the use of the student athlete's own name, image or likeness to the extent allowed by the rules established by the relevant national association for promoting or regulating collegiate athletics.
B. A student athlete may not be denied a scholarship, have a scholarship revoked, be deemed ineligible for a scholarship or be deemed ineligible for participating in intercollegiate athletics based on earning compensation for the use of that student athlete's name, image or likeness in a manner and to the extent allowed by the rules established by the relevant national association for promoting or regulating collegiate athletics.
C. An athlete agent who advises or represents a student athlete in connection with earning compensation from the use of that student athlete's own name, image or likeness shall comply with chapter 13, article 10 of this title.
D. This section does not authorize student athletes to enter into a contract providing compensation for the use of the student athlete's name, image or likeness if doing so either:
1. Violates the intellectual property rights of any person, including the student athlete's postsecondary education institution.
2. Conflicts with the student athlete's team contract.
E. An athletic association, athletic conference or other organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics may not prevent a postsecondary education institution from:
1. Compensating a student athlete for the use of the student athlete's own name, image or likeness.
2. Sharing with student athletes the revenue that a postsecondary education institution receives for the commercial use of the student athlete's own name, image or likeness.
3. Identifying, creating, negotiating with, facilitating, supporting, engaging with, assisting or otherwise enabling a student athlete to participate in an opportunity to receive compensation for the use of the student athlete's own name, image or likeness. For the purposes of this paragraph, the postsecondary education institution includes any supporting foundation or entity acting on behalf of the postsecondary education institution.
F. This section does not:
1. Affect the employment status of a student athlete.
2. Qualify a student athlete for classification as an employee of a postsecondary education institution solely on the basis of the activities described in subsection E of this section.
E. G. For the purposes of this section, "athlete agent", "intercollegiate sport", "person" and "student athlete" have the same meanings prescribed in section 15-1762.