The purpose of updating the 2021 database created by The Drake Group is to provide legislative policymakers, athletics administrators, and college athletes with current knowledge of state laws related to NIL and other third-party employment. School administrators need to understand what laws require in their own states and the states where their teams compete, to best guide their student-athletes, especially when laws involve taxation or other athlete obligations. Athletes and their agents must understand these obligations, rights, and opportunities related to earning NIL and other forms of compensation. Athletic governance organizations (such as NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA, conferences, and state athletic associations) need to address enforcement responsibilities when their rules conflict with state laws. Knowledge of state laws can help federal policymakers understand rights and benefits that should be included or compensation practices that should be prohibited by federal legislation. State legislators may use the database to identify model laws from other states to replicate or to determine what laws are necessary in their own state to protect athletes, schools, and colleges, or to influence the success of athletics programs in their area.
2025 NATIONAL STATE-BY-STATE DATABASE OF NIL LEGISLATION – PDF
2025 NATIONAL STATE-BY-STATE DATABASE OF NIL LEGISLATION – DOWNLOADABLE EXCEL DOCUMENT
