Status of State Legislation Giving College Athletes the Right to Monetize Their Name, Image, and Likeness

The Drake Group issued a May 15, 2021 update of its state-by-state NIL legislation database. Since California’s signing of the Fair Pay to Play Act September 30, 2019 (effective January 1, 2023), many more states have raced to follow suit proposing and passing similar legislation to give college athletes the ability to profit from their name, image, and likeness (NIL) and sign with agents. “The challenges of the COVID 19 pandemic caused almost all state legislatures to conduct abbreviated se