Bill Text: MI SB0660 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Higher education; other; preventing an amateur or student athlete from earning compensation for the use of his or her name, image, or likeness; prohibit. Creates new act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-12-03 - Referred To Committee On Regulatory Reform [SB0660 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0660-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 660
December 03, 2019, Introduced by Senator
HOLLIER and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
(a) "Amateur athlete" means an athlete who is not provided compensation for the time he or she spends competing in or training for an athletic competition. Amateur athlete includes a student athlete. For purposes of this definition, a scholarship or other form of financial support that provides for the cost of attendance at a high school or a public or private institution of higher education is not compensation.
(b) "Amateur athletic competition" means a contest, game, meet, match, tournament, regatta, or other sporting event in which amateur athletes compete.
(c) "Amateur sports organization" means a not-for-profit corporation, athletic conference or association, or other group that sponsors, arranges, operates, or determines or sets standards governing athlete or team eligibility for participation in an amateur athletic competition held in this state or in which residents of this state compete or aim to compete. Amateur sports organization includes, but is not limited to, a youth, interscholastic, or intercollegiate sports organization. For purposes of this definition, the term "resident" includes any individual enrolled in and attending a high school or public or private institution of higher education located in this state.
(d) "High school" means a public school or nonpublic school that offers at least 1 of grades 9 to 12.
(e) "Public school" and "nonpublic school" mean those terms as defined in section 5 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.5.
(f) "Student athlete" means an individual who engages in, is eligible to engage in, or may be eligible to engage in any high school or intercollegiate contest, game, meet, match, tournament, regatta, or other sporting event.
Sec. 3. An amateur sports organization, including, but not limited to, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, shall not do either of the following:
(a) Prevent a student athlete who resides in this state from earning compensation as a result of the use of the student's name, image, or likeness, or otherwise limit that student's ability to earn such compensation.
(b) Prevent a high school or a private or public institution of higher education in this state from participating in interscholastic or intercollegiate athletics, or otherwise limit such participation, as a result of a student of the high school or institution earning compensation for the use of the student's name, image, or likeness.
Sec. 5. An amateur sports organization, including, but not limited to, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, shall not do either of the following:
(a) Provide a student athlete who attends a high school or a private or public institution of higher education in this state with compensation in relation to the athlete's name, image, or likeness.
(b) Prevent a student athlete who resides in this state and participates, or aims to participate, in interscholastic or intercollegiate athletics from obtaining professional representation in relation to contracts or legal matters, including, but not limited to, representation provided by an athlete agent or legal representation provided by an attorney, or otherwise limit that student's ability to obtain such representation.
Sec. 7. (1) A scholarship from a high school or a private or public institution of higher education in this state in which a student is enrolled that provides the student with the cost of attendance at that institution is not compensation for purposes of this act.
(2) Earning compensation from the use of a student's name, image, or likeness shall not affect that student's scholarship eligibility at a high school or a private or public institution of higher education in this state.
(3) A high school or a private or public institution of higher education in this state shall not revoke, as a result of a student earning compensation or obtaining legal representation in accordance with this act, a scholarship provided to the student by that high school or institution.
Sec. 9. An amateur sports organization or other person that violates this act is subject to a civil fine not to exceed $100,000.00.
Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
