HB82 Alabama 2020 Session

This bill would prohibit Alabama postsecondary educational institutions and every athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over college athletics from preventing any student participating in intercollegiate athletics from earning compensation as a result of the use of the student's name, image, or likeness or obtaining professional representation relating to the student's participation in intercollegiate athletics

This bill would also prohibit an athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics from preventing a postsecondary educational institution from participating in intercollegiate athletics as a result of the compensation of a student for the use of the student's name, image, or likeness

This bill would also prohibit Alabama postsecondary educational institutions and every athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over college athletics from providing a prospective intercollegiate student with compensation in relation to the student's name, image, or likeness

This bill would also require professional representation obtained by a student athlete to be from persons licensed by the state

This bill would prohibit the revocation of a student's scholarship as a result of earning compensation or obtaining legal representation as authorized under this bill

This bill would also prohibit a student athlete from entering into any contract providing compensation to the athlete for use of the athlete's name, image, or likeness if a provision of the contract is in conflict with a provision of the athlete's team contract

This bill would also prohibit a team contract from preventing a student athlete from using the athlete's name, image, or likeness for a commercial purpose when the athlete is not engaged in official team activities, as specified

This bill would require each postsecondary educational institution to create an athlete injury and wage fund. The fund would be funded by 15 percent of the revenue from all athletic event ticket sales at the institution, and divided into an athlete injury health savings account and an athlete wage account. The athlete injury health savings account would be used to provide a player who suffers a career ending or long term injury during a game or team practice with compensation upon his or her graduation. The wage account would be divided equally among all student-athletes in attendance at the institution at the end of each academic year

These provisions would become operative on January 1, 2023

Relating to student athletes; to prohibit Alabama postsecondary educational institutions and every athletic association, conference, or other group or organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics in this state from preventing any student participating in intercollegiate athletics from earning compensation as a result of the use of the student's name, image, or likeness or from obtaining professional representation relating to the student's participation in intercollegiate athletics; to prohibit the revocation of a student's scholarship as a result of earning compensation or obtaining legal representation; to prohibit a student athlete from entering into any contract providing compensation if the contract is in conflict with a provision of the athlete's team contract; to prohibit a team contract from preventing a student athlete from using the athlete's name, image, or likeness for a commercial purpose when the athlete is not engaged in official team activities; and to require each postsecondary educational institution to create an athlete injury and wage fund, for the compensation of student athletes who suffer injuries during team activities and for the equal compensation of all student-athletes.