Providence College Athletics

Personalize Your Brand Name, Image, and Likeness
What is NIL? NIL or Name, Image, and Likeness refers to the way college athletes can receive compensation. For decades, the NCAA had strict rules against college athletes being paid for endorsements. In other words, student- athletes were not allowed to profit from using their Name, Image, and Likeness. This all changed on July 1st, 2021, as the NCAA suspended its previous NIL legislator and announced an interim policy allowing athletes to use their NIL to be paid. This new policy stated that athletes can engage in NIL activities if the state where their school is located has proper legislation.
Ways To Get Involved
Opendorse Opendorse is an athlete marketplace and NIL technology. It supports student-athletes by assessing, planning, sharing, creating, measuring, tracking, disclosing, regulating, listing, browsing, and booking all potential NIL deals. Opendorse: The official AdvantEDGE (NIL) platform for athletes to monetize their name, image, and likeness. Download the app, and sign up using your PC email address.
Friar Family Collective The Friar Family Collective is a third-party organization officially endorsed by Providence College to assist student-athletes in monetizing and profiting from their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL). The organization has partnered with Opendorse to streamline communication, compensation, and compliance for student-athletes and the collective.
Providence College NIL Guidelines Name, Image & Likeness Policy: Student-athletes may permit the use of their name, image or likeness (NIL) in noninstitutional activities and receive fair market value compensation for these activities. A student- athlete MAY NOT receive compensation for athletic participation or performance (i.e. pay-for-play) OR as a recruiting inducement for enrollment at Providence College.
Providence College NIL Policy Key Points • Student-athletes cannot use marks for NIL activities without written permission from the college (apparel, marks, logos, verbiage, and colors and designs) • Activities cannot conflict with required activities (class, practice, etc.) • Prohibited Categories: Gambling/sports wagering vendors or businesses; CBD, Cannabis, Alcohol or Tobacco Companies; Illegal Substances, Performance enhancing substances or associated activities; adult entertainment businesses • Cannot use institutional facilities unless approved • Disclose - Student-athletes are required to disclose all NIL activities within 10 business days after execution of any NIL agreement. - Need-based financial aid that a student-athlete receives may be impacted by any compensation a student-athlete from noninstitutional NIL activities.
Important Reminders •Cannot be contingent upon enrollment at a school •Cannot be based on athletic performance •There must be a quid pro quo •Schools cannot pay student-athletes •Disclose (Through Opendorse) •Any promotion or NIL deal cannot conflict with Providence College Policy • If a student-athlete receiving need-based financial made additional income may change eligibility to receive such aid.
NCAA Legislation Effective July 1, 2021, the NCAA adopted the Interim Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) Policy allowing NCAA student-athletes the opportunity to benefit from their NIL without jeopardizing their NCAA eligibility.
Applicable Legislation Bylaw 16.02.3: An extra benefit is any special arrangement by an institutional employee or representative of the institution’s athletics interests to provide a student-athlete or the student-athlete family member or friend a benefit not expressly authorized by NCAA legislation. Receipt of a benefit by student- athletes or their family members or friends is not a violation of NCAA legislation if it is demonstrated that the same benefit is generally available to the institutions’ students or their family members or friends or to a particular segment of the student body (e.g. international students, minority students)
Proposed Rhode Island Legislation This act would expressly allow college athletes, while they are students, to personally profit from the use of their name, image, and likeness, and prohibit the NCAA from preventing these practices. This act will take effect on January 1, 2023.