Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3701 – The legislature finds that intercollegiate athletics provide intercollegiate athletes with significant educational opportunities. However, participation in intercollegiate athletics
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3701
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Intercollegiate athlete: means a student enrolled in a postsecondary education institution who participates in an athletic program. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3702
The legislature finds that intercollegiate athletics provide intercollegiate athletes with significant educational opportunities. However, participation in intercollegiate athletics should not infringe upon an intercollegiate athlete‘s ability to earn compensation for the athlete’s name, image, or likeness. An intercollegiate athlete must have an equal opportunity to control and profit from the commercial use of the athlete’s name, image, or likeness, and be protected from unauthorized appropriation and commercial exploitation of the athlete’s right to publicity, including the athlete’s name, image, or likeness.
Acts 2021, No. 479, §1, eff, July 1, 2021.