MCL - Section 390.1731

COMPENSATION OF COLLEGE ATHLETES (EXCERPT)
Act 366 of 2020


390.1731 "Postsecondary educational institution" defined; prohibition on rules, requirement, standard, or limitation on college athletes earning compensation.

Sec. 1.

    (1) As used in this act, "postsecondary educational institution" means a public or private institution in this state that offers a degree or course of study beyond the twelfth grade and receives state or federal funding of any kind.
    (2) A postsecondary educational institution shall not uphold any rule, requirement, standard, or other limitation that prevents a student of that institution from fully participating in intercollegiate athletics based upon the student earning compensation as a result of the student's use of his or her name, image, or likeness rights. Earning compensation from the use of a student's name, image, or likeness rights shall not affect a student's scholarship eligibility or renewal.
    
    


History: 2020, Act 366, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 2021