Sponsored by:
Senator KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits contracts for student-athlete’s name, image, or likeness from remaining in effect beyond the date the student-athlete is no longer eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning student-athletes and supplementing P.L.2025, c.110 (C.18A:3B-89.2 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, any contract into which a student-athlete enters providing compensation to the student-athlete for use of the student-athlete’s name, image, or likeness pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2025, c.110 (C.18A:3B-89.3) shall not:
(1) remain in effect beyond the date the student-athlete is no longer eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics; or
(2) require the student-athlete to provide as consideration either of the following:
(a) any compensation the student-athlete earns after the student-athlete is no longer eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics for use of the student-athlete's name, image, or likeness; or
(b) rights associated with the use of the student-athlete’s name, image, or likeness after the student-athlete is no longer eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics.
b. Any provision of a contract in which a student-athlete enters into pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2025, c.110 (C.18A:3B-89.3) that is in violation of this section shall be void.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill prohibits any contract into which a student-athlete enters, providing compensation for use of the student-athlete’s name, image, or likeness from:
· remaining in effect beyond the date the student-athlete is no longer eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics; or
· requiring the student-athlete to provide as consideration either of the following: any compensation the student-athlete earns after the student-athlete is no longer eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics for use of the student-athlete’s name, image, or likeness; or rights associated with the use of the student-athlete’s name, image, or likeness after the student-athlete is no longer eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics.
· The bill stipulates that any provision of a contract in violation of the provisions of the bill would be void.