UA Little Rock to allow student-athlete pay for NIL use
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Former and current athletes at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will now receive pay for the use of their name, image or likeness (NIL).
UA Little Rock officials said the university has opted in on the House v. NCAA settlement, a lawsuit that addressed student-athlete compensation.
"This decision was the right one to make for Little Rock and Trojan Athletics," Little Rock director of intercollegiate athletics Frank Cuervo said. "In this new era of intercollegiate athletics, you have to adapt to the changing landscape, and we believe 'opting in' ensures that we gain a strategic advantage which will allow us to compete at the very top of the [Ohio Valley Conference] and beyond, while continuing to prioritize the well-being and success of our student-athletes."
House v. NCAA was filed in 2020 by student-athletes challenging National Collegiate Athletic Association rules that prohibited student-athletes from receiving compensation for commercial NIL use.
School officials said the settlement required all Division I schools to pay into the $2.8 billion settlement over the next 10 years to compensate former and current student-athletes for the use of their NIL rights.
University officials said the school will contribute an estimated $230,000 annually over the next 10 years to fulfill its part of the settlement.
To learn more about UA Little Rock Trojans, visit LRTrojans.com.
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