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Leigh Steinberg Series for the Protection of Student Athletes: (Part 1) How NIL and Immigration Collided
This presentation will focus on the history of the NCAA’s Name, Image and Likeness (“NIL”) policy and how these rules, designed to benefit NCAA student-athletes, resulted in a disparate impact on international athletes participating in NCAA sports. Our discussion will include the following topics:
- The history of NIL, including the right of publicity and the anti-trust litigation that resulted in the adoption of the “NIL” rules by the NCAA.
- An overview of the players in the new NIL industry: collectives, agents, schools, outside counsel.
- The definition of employment under immigration law, and how that definition may differ from those under the DOL and IRS regulations.
- The limitations of the F-1 student visa and permissible employment under that nonimmigrant classification.
- Why current immigration laws offer no legal avenue for most international student-athletes to take advantage of their NIL rights
Speakers:
Ksenia Maiorova, Practice Group Leader, Individual and Olympic Athletes, Green & Spiegel, LLC
Flavia Santos-Lloyd, Certified Immigration Specialist by the CA Bar and Founder, Santos Lloyd Law Firm, PC
Dan Lust, Counsel, Morrit Hock & Hamroff, PC
Disclaimer: All views or opinions expressed by any presenter during the course of this CLE is that of the presenter alone and not an opinion of the Oklahoma Bar Association, the employers, or affiliates of the presenters unless specifically stated. Additionally, any materials, including the legal research, are the product of the individual contributor, not the Oklahoma Bar Association. The Oklahoma Bar Association makes no warranty, express or implied, relating to the accuracy or content of these materials.