Here are the OHSAA’s do’s and don’ts about new rules allowing Ohio high school athletes to make NIL money

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Ohio has officially stepped into the era of Name, Image, and Likeness, allowing high school athletes across the state to make money from the use of their personal brand.

On Monday, OHSAA member schools approved new bylaws that allow high school athletes to be paid for their name, image and likeness (NIL) and build their personal brands.

Ohio is the 45th state to approve NIL.

While the new bylaws allow high school athletes to get paid from their NIL, they specifically prohibit athletes from being paid to play.

To think of this policy in simpler terms, the OHSAA treats a student-athlete’s sports career like a house built on two separate foundations:

The new OHSAA rules state that high school athletes can only be paid based on the Personal Foundation, and cannot cross