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Lawyer specializing in name and image rights advises caution as college athletes pursue endorsements Tribune News Service

CHICAGO — Hours after the NCAA announced that college athletes can finally start making money off their names and images, deals arrived in a flurry. Famous and obscure jocks alike announced partnerships with cellphone companies, trash haulers and apparel makers, among many others. In Illinois, which passed a law allowing the deals just before the NCAA’s declaration, University of Illinois shooting guard Trent Frazier made himself available for $45 video chats on the Vidsig app, while Northwestern quarterback Ryan Hilinski offered to do Cameo messages for $50 a pop. It is, with mind-spinning abruptness, a new day in college sports. But it’s one Dustin Maguire has prepared for since seeing his avatar in a college basketball video game and realizing he wasn’t getting paid. The former St. Louis University and Northern Kentucky guard became a lawyer, and several years ago, anticipating that college athletes would soon get a chance to do endorsements, made that a specialty of his Edwardsville, Ill., practice. He even made sure to buy the web domain nameimagelikeness. com. Maguire said Thursday he’s getting calls from athletes around the country seeking counsel as schools scramble to write their own rules with little guidance from the NCAA. He’s a legal adviser, not a deal-maker, and said athletes must be careful about the details, from tax considerations to the long-term implications of an endorsement. “A lot of people are trying to take advantage of this chaos for their own benefit and I think athletes certainly are at risk with that,” he said. “… It’s very important that athletes know, before they sign anything, what they’re committing themselves to. Are they going to give exclusive rights to a parRaymond Carlin III

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What’s next? Seniors navigate post-COVID-19 job market Jennifer Maupin O’Colly contributor

Forty job applications and two interviews later, Emerson Williams is unsure what he will do after graduation. COVID-19 upended the job market, specifically impacting the travel industry, entertainment and

any field that requires face-to-face interaction. Record-level unemployment has college students struggling more than usual to find a job. “[The job search] has not been very fruitful,” Williams said. “I’ve been applying a lot. I went to the career fair and met people and contacts. I went through everything and got a couple interviews, and they didn’t really go anywhere.” Williams will graduate with a 3.6 GPA in aerospace and mechani-

cal engineering from Oklahoma State on May 8. After his graduation, graduate school is Williams’ worst-case scenario. “There’s a group of nine of us who had a semester project last year,” Williams said. “We all keep in touch and the only person with a job has a dad who works [at the company]… Of the nine of us, more than half are going back to OSU for graduate school.” The move to apply for gradu-

ate school is increasingly common among seniors. From the April 17, 2020 to April 16, of 2021, OSU saw a 16% increase in students applying to graduate programs, according to Office of Institutional and Analytics. The number of students admitted to OSU’s graduate school rose from 1,321 to 1,599, a 21% increase. Breanna Gallagher, a career consultant for the university, no See Next on pg.3

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Endorsements... Continued from pg.1 ticular company for their entire college career based on a value that hasn’t yet reached its peak?” Here is Maguire’s take on how things might play out. The conversation was edited for length and clarity. ——— Q: Do you expect football and basketball players to gain the most from these changes, or will athletes in all sports benefit? All sports. There was just a publication yesterday from Darren Rovell (saying) 10 out of the top 20 projected highest earners were not football or men’s basketball players. I believe that will be reflected across the board. Social media is the big X factor here. We have volleyball players, softball players, wrestlers and track and field athletes who have hundreds of thousands of followers, and therefore have a very high value with regard to social media. Q: Is it clear how much money athletes can expect to make? No. There are projections for

social media followers, formulas that have been used for professional athletes and celebrities because name, image and likeness (rights) are not new. What is new is (college) athletes having access to those earning opportunities. A provision of the Illinois statute is that a deal has to be commensurate with the market value. I think that’s to be determined because there is not a market for college athletes’ (name and image rights) historically. As a believer in the free market, I believe your market value is what someone’s willing to pay you. Q: Can athletes make their own shoe deals? Can they get paid to wear Nikes even if their university has a contract with Adidas? There are restrictions for any clothing, including shoes, that can be worn by the athletes during any games or team activities. Any teamsanctioned activity, you’re going to have to be equipped in the school’s attire. I know that’s part of Illinois’ law. There’s also a restriction on conflicting contracts. I believe that a contract (for alternate apparel) would not be conflicting if you’re not wearing any of the attire during official team activities. So I very much look forward to the interpretation by the

institutions. Q: If one player gets paid a lot and others get paid nothing, how will that affect the harmony of college teams? We have a body of work, looking at professional leagues, how team chemistry cannot be an issue when you have different incomes. Obviously, these are college athletes and not professionals. However, I would say that anyone who’s competing at the college level understands the importance of individual accountability for the benefit of the team. Those expectations from coaches are not going away. You’re not going to get away with not setting a screen for the person who’s making the big (endorsement) deal because you’re going to find yourself on the bench. So I think the competitiveness and the individual responsibility that comes along with being an athlete is really the best deterrent. Q: Any other wrinkles to watch out for? I think schools really need to be careful with how much they’re getting involved. One of the topics that’s come up a lot is designing logos for athletes. If athletic departments are getting into that, where they’re essentially giving a design to

an athlete to use for their individual profit, I think that’s overstepping, and I know that’s something that has gone on. Serious intellectual property issues are at stake with athletes’ use of logos for business purposes. Schools should not be providing designs and athletes should not be using school-provided designs without having independent legal advice and registering trademarks with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. (Failing to do so) could create potential liability for the schools. Q: In five years, how do you think athletes will be profiting from their name and image rights? In five years, but hopefully sooner, athletes will have group licensing opportunities for video games, jerseys, trading cards, and other team-related activities. Schools will allow athletes to use their (trademarks) because the patchwork approach we have will motivate schools to allow such use to get an advantage in recruiting. With the NCAA’s … hands-off approach, leaving (name and image) policies to the individual schools will bring about a lot of creative competition. news.ed@ocolly.com

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The Olympic games; every 4 years. Young men and women train and train to participate and hopefully win a medal. It is a great honor to win. However, it really counts only for this life. The Apostle makes it clear that believers are in a race for a crown that is eternal. The value of crown will never end. He challenges us to run to win!

A faithful Christian leader is promised “the crown of glory that will never fade away.” (1 Pet.5:4 NIV) The person who perseveres under trial “will receive the crown of life that the Lord promised to them who love him.” (Ja.1:12, Rev.2:10) This is a person that does not give up. The Apostle said, “I have fought a good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” (2 Tim.4:78) Therefore a crown of righteousness will be given to him at that final judgment. Yet, not only to him but to all who long for Christ’s coming. Dear ones in Christ, whether young or older, let’s run with Christ. Let’s not give up! Let’s fulfil God’s plan for our lives.. Let’s be faithful to the end. The end will be glorious!

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“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run...Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games (athletics) goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No. I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.” (I Co. 9:2427 NIV)

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News Next... Continued from pg.1 ticed this increase and said students should have several plans for after graduation in case one doesn’t work out. “With graduate school admissions, there are more and more fish in that pool,” Gallagher said. “It depends on the program and the school you are applying to, but sometimes it is really hard to get into [graduate school] right now because there are so many people trying to get in.” The College of Arts and Sciences Career Services hosted an event on April 15to help students whose plans were disrupted because of COVID-19. Collin O’Leary, a career consultant for the college, led the talk on Zoom. The event included tools to handle rejection, reapply for graduate school and improve resumes. The rise in graduate school applications is precedented. O’Leary said after the 2008 recession, more students decided to go to graduate school to become more competitive and to wait out the crisis, much like students are doing now. “I remember saying all the time, ‘We’ll be back to normal in like two weeks,’” O’Leary said. “That was a year and a half ago. So, from there, I think a lot of students were just stuck and not wanting to make a decision because they weren’t sure what was going to happen in the world. I think now that we have lived with it and adjusted to this new world we live in, I see a lot of students getting an earlier start, which is smart.” O’Leary graduated from OSU and said he can’t imagine being in the shoes of current graduating students. He said the students who graduated in the spring of 2020 had it the worst,

but the job market is slowly improving. “If you are a junior, I want you looking at jobs right now,” O’Leary said. “If you are a senior getting ready to graduate, definitely get in with Career Services. We want to do everything we can to really boost your chances of getting positions, getting into graduate school, whatever it is… Start early, find that support system and then just try to keep your head up.” Although graduate school can be a creative way to improve a student’s chances at finding employment, more students get rejected than get ac-

it is worth it. I hope it goes smoothly because I would really like to work out of the Tulsa area for around six months. I look at it as being a cheap and affordable option when comparing it to moving into my own apartment after graduation.” Many students don’t have the option to move back home because of familial strife, financial issues or proximity to job opportunities. Raffi Demirjian, a double major in marketing and sports management, said he can’t move home to rural Southern California because the area has limited job opportunities. With no desire to go to gradu-

of the coronavirus pandemic. He said it seems companies are more inclined to hire those with experience because the company won’t have to spend as much time training. Demirjian said he is marketing himself wherever he can, even plugging himself in the interview for this article. “If anyone sees this who is hiring for an entry-level corporate marketing role or works in professional or collegiate sports, I would be happy to learn more about your company and get to know you,” Demirjian said. Williams, Houck and Demirjian took different approaches in navigating the post-COVID-19 job market, but they each expressed hope for their careers. Houck said venues being closed has been the toughest aspect of finding a job in live performance, but the film industry is starting back up, which gives him more opportunities. “I have hope for the future in my field of study,” Houck said. “I believe people around the world will soon be tired of virtual entertainment and I hope live entertainment comes back better than ever.” Having worked with students going into the job market long before the pandemic began, Gallagher said graduating from college and Unsplash figuring out what is cepted. When graduate school isn’t an ate school or to move home with his next is always tough for students, but option, many students have to move parents, Demirjian said getting a job the pandemic has made the transition back home as they wait to find a job or is his only option. He has driven as more complicated. reapply for next semester. far as Dallas for interviews with little Career Services are available to Theater senior Evan Houck is success. students for a year after they graduone of many graduates planning to “We as students are not lookate. Students can also join the OSU move back home. Live performance, ing for pity or handouts or freebies,” Student Alumni Association to have Houck’s focus, has taken a big hit Demirjian said. “We are looking for access to career services for life, with because of the pandemic. He said he opportunities to not only grow ourmemberships starting at about $600. has hope live performance will return selves professionally and personally, Gallagher encouraged students to use to pre-COVID-19 levels, but it will but to prove ourselves as young men the resources available to them as long take time. and women ready to positively impact as they can. “It will be difficult to move back society.” “Hang in there,” Gallagher said. home, but that is not to say it will be Through his job search, Demir- “No matter who you are, job searcha big problem for me,” Houck said. “It jian noticed there are two large groups ing is hard and it sucks.” will take some time to get used to the of people looking for work, recent coldifferences in college culture and my lege graduates and people who have news.ed@ocolly.com parent’s culture, but I think in the end experience and were laid off because

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Live tracker OSU athletes NIL sponsorships

Chris Becker Assistant Sports Editor The writing was on the wall. Now it is official. NCAA athletes can finally capitalize on their name, image and likenesses with company sponsorships, social media and other outlets. Oklahoma State athletes didn’t waste time getting to work. The new rules started Thursday, and before noon, athletes were putting ink to paper. Here is a live list of athletes that have made public announcements of their deals: --AJ Ferrari - Wrestler - Nearfall Clothing Just shy of 11 a.m., Ferrari was the first OSU athlete to sign a deal. Ferrari, a true freshman, signed with Nearfall Clothing a clothing brand located in Amarillo, Texas, dedicated to wrestling apparel.

per his Instagram account. --Brendon Evers - Defensive tackle Barstool Athletics Evers, a redshirt senior on the football team, is one of many athletes to sign a deal with Barstool. The marketing firm, created by Barstool founder Dave Portnoy, launched on July 1, and has been taken advantage of by many student athletes across the country. Evers is one of over 200 athletes who have signed with Barstool. --Zeke Zaragoza - Longsnapper - Barstool Athletics Zaragoza joins Evers as a member of Barstool Athletics, per the company’s Twitter account. --Joey Sanchez - Wrestling - Merrifield Office Supply Sanchez, a redshirt sophomore, transferred to OSU after two seasons at Indiana. He is the second Cowboy wrestler to partner with a company.

Sanchez is the first OSU athlete to sign with a local company, inking a deal with Merrifield Office Supply in Stillwater. The Ferrari-branded T-shirts feature --his famous slogan “665 pound deadlift baby” Preston Wilson - Offensive Lineman on the back, a phrase Ferrari said during the - Old School Hats NCAA wrestling championships in March. Wilson, a redshirt sophomore, joins --other Cowboy football players on the list of Kanion Williams - Safety - Yoke sponsorship athletes. Gaming Williams, a redshirt junior on the football team, inked a deal with Yoke Gaming, He inked a deal with Old School Hats, an app dedicated to helping fans play online a company specializing in selling vintage games with athletes. hats of all styles, with over 28,000 followers on Instagram. --Williams is one of many student athMatt Hembrough - Longsnapper letes to sign with the company, as multiple Barstool Athletics players from Auburn, Alabama and MichiHembrough, a redshirt senior, becomes gan struck deals with the company Thursday. the third Cowboy to sign a deal with Bar--stool Athletics. Christian Holmes - Cornerback Both Cowboy longsnappers are now Yoke Gaming part of the new venture by Portnoy. Holmes, a graduate transfer from Missouri, also signed with the gaming company, sports.ed@ocolly.com

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