Window for Ohio high schools to vote on name, image and likeness closes Friday

The window for high schools to vote whether their students should be allowed to be compensated for name, image and likeness deals ends on Friday.

This week's emergency vote on NIL was prompted by a lawsuit filed in October by the parent of Dayton-area football player Jamier Brown, who has verbally committed to Ohio State University.

Ohio High School Athletic Association's 815 member schools will each cast one vote via their principal.

Sixteen of Columbus City Schools' high schools are OHSAA members. Each principal will vote independently of the others, according to Vincent Clarino, CCS' director of students activities.

Clarino works closely with OSHAA. He said he shared information about the proposed NIL regulations with the principals, but he doesn't know how they plan to vote.

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