Kentucky updated its NIL law in March to permit schools entering into financial agreements with players and to establish those contracts as exempt from public record.

First Amendment attorney Jon Fleischaker, who wrote Kentucky’s open records law and has represented The Courier Journal, believes the state’s updated NIL law is at odds with the bill he authored.

Others, like state Sen. Max Wise (R), believe differently. Wise told The Courier Journal it's important to keep contracts private to preserve "competitive advantage" and “protected student rights."

Millions of public dollars are changing hands as part of name, image and likeness contracts between colleges and athletes.

But unlike other contracts with Kentucky schools , these deals are expressly hidden from the public eye. And

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