Update: Former Collegiate Football Stars’ NIL Lawsuits for Retroactive Compensation

By Adam R. Bialek and Dara Elpren, of Wilson Elser For many years, college athletes fought for the right to license their name, image, and likeness (NIL) while keeping their amateur status and participating in college athletics. Since the NCAA conceded and allowed payments to student athletes, litigation has shifted to those athletes who now want to receive compensation for failing to be permitted to collect such payments while they were playing collegiate sports. Following our recent article