NIL Information

Updated 7/8/25

UIL is issuing guidance related to recent legislation regarding prospective student-athletes and name, image, or likeness (NIL) agreements. 

UIL rules will now allow a prospective student-athlete to sign NIL agreements in accordance with the law ONLY with colleges and universities while the student is participating in that UIL sport.  Under UIL rules, prospective student-athletes are not allowed to sign NIL agreements with any other entity until the prospective student-athlete has exhausted their eligibility in the applicable sport. Any such agreements would also have to comply with all applicable state laws.

Under UIL rules, a transaction in which a student-athlete is engaged to promote a product, plan or service related to a UIL sport or contest using the student-athlete’s NIL in exchange for compensation and / or valuable consideration received by or on behalf of the student-athlete (other than as specifically allowed in law for prospective student-athletes (aged 17 and older) and colleges or universities) would be in violation of Section 441 (Amateur Rule) of the UIL Constitution and Contest Rules.

UIL rules do not prohibit a prospective student-athlete from obtaining professional representation to assist with matters relating to NIL. 

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