High schools in Ohio will vote in special election next month to allow NIL for athletes

High school principals in Ohio will vote on an emergency bylaw referendum on Name, Image and Likeness regulations next month. The Ohio High School Athletic Association's Board of Directors announced Thursday that the vote will take place from Nov. 17-21. OHSAA members decisively voted down an NIL proposal in 2022, 538-254. The OHSAA Board of Directors last month approved language for another NIL proposal that they planned to vote on in May. The timeline for the vote was accelerated after Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Jaiza Page issued a temporary restraining order on Monday, allowing all students who are part of the 818 schools in the OHSAA to enter into their own NIL deals. Ohio is one of six states that has rules in place that don’t allow high school athletes to accept payment