NIL Information

Updated 7/15/25

NIL Guidance - Section 441: AMATEUR ATHLETIC STATUS

UIL is issuing guidance related to recent state legislation (HB 126) regarding prospective student-athletes and name, image, and likeness (NIL) agreements.

Prospective collegiate student-athletes may sign a scholarship agreement which contains the conditions of a scholarship with a postsecondary institution pursuant to NCAA rules.

Prospective collegiate student-athletes aged 17 or older, MAY also sign name, image, and likeness (NIL) agreements ONLY with postsecondary institutions in accordance with applicable state laws and NCAA rules. 

Prospective collegiate student-athletes aged 16 or younger or family members of the prospective student-athlete, whether related by blood (consanguinity) or through marriage (affinity), MAY NOT sign name, image, and likeness agreements with postsecondary institutions or other individuals, corporate entities, collectives, or organizations in accordance with applicable state laws and NCAA rules.

Any NIL agreement signed with any entity other than a postsecondary institution, MAY NOT be executed until the prospective student-athlete has exhausted UIL eligibility in the applicable sport. Any such agreements also must comply with applicable state laws and NCAA rules.

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