With the NCAA unable to come up with a workable plan for NIL rights and Congress apparently not interested, states have been left to figure things out for themselves and North Carolina is no exception and now Governor Roy Cooper has spoken.
In an executive order issued Friday, Cooper outlined a new policy. Here are some of the bullet points:
- Schools can’t use NIL for recruiting inducements
- Deals cannot conflict with contracts universities already have, so presumably that means shoe and apparel deals, among others
- You won’t be able to use official school material like uniforms or logos, trademarks, etc, unless, presumably, the school agrees, in which case, we’re sure they’ll take a cut.