Dabo & Mike Noonan headed to columbia today to work on nil bill.

Feb 6, 2024, 9:49 AM

The Clemson and South Carolina Athletic Departments are working together on a proposed bill to the South Carolina State Legislature that will allow schools within the Palmetto State to be more involved in NIL activities.

Dabo Swinney and Mike Noonan will join South Carolina coaches Tuesday in Columbia to discuss the bill and how it can help their athletic departments succeed in the new world of college athletics. The hope is to have the bill pass this summer that way Clemson, South Carolina and other schools in the state of South Carolina can bring their collectives in house to work with their athletic departments. If the bill is passed, it means Clemson’s 110 Society will be able to be ingested into IPTAY.

If the proposed bill passes, Clemson Athletics and IPTAY, through the 110 Society, will be allowed to identify potential NIL opportunities for student-athletes and even facilitate deals between student-athletes and third parties.

If adopted, the proposals would remove national restrictions on the level of support provided by schools and their third-party service providers to enrolled student-athletes as they pursue NIL opportunities. Schools would not be permitted to directly compensate student-athletes for the use of their NIL but could identify potential NIL opportunities for student-athletes and even facilitate deals between student-athletes and third parties. However, student-athletes should be able to retain their own representation if they choose and must ultimately retain independent authority over any resulting terms in the NIL agreement. Further, any entity that is associated with or closely aligned with a school would be subject to the same rules as the school itself when it comes to NIL and may not directly compensate a student-athlete.

The proposals would clearly define an NIL entity as an individual, group of individuals or any other entity organized to support the athletics interest of an NCAA school or group of schools by compensating student-athletes for NIL activities on behalf of itself or another third party.

The proposals would also eliminate regulations governing communications between schools and NIL entities regarding enrolled student-athletes but would continue to prohibit a school from directly or indirectly providing financial support or assets to NIL entities. The working group identified a need for schools and entities to be able to communicate to ensure NCAA rules are followed by both parties.