Sec. 6. Roles of interstate intercollegiate athletic associations
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An interstate intercollegiate athletic association is authorized to establish and enforce rules with respect to— requiring a student athlete or prospective student athlete to disclose, in a timely manner, the terms of a name, image, and likeness agreement entered into by such student athlete; establishing and implementing a process to collect and publicly share aggregated and anonymized data related to the name, image, and likeness agreements of student athletes (without regard to whether such an agreement includes an institution as a party to the agreement); prohibited compensation, including processes for dispute resolution and penalties, if such rules provide that a student athlete does not lose eligibility to compete in intercollegiate athletic competitions while a process for dispute resolution is ongoing; setting parameters for the manner in which and the time period during which student athletes and prospective student athletes may be recruited for intercollegiate athletics; calculating a pool limit, if such rules provide that such pool limit is at least 22 percent of the average annual college sports revenue of the 70 highest earning (with respect to such revenue) member institutions of such interstate intercollegiate athletic association (or, if such interstate intercollegiate athletic association has fewer than 70 members, the average annual college sports revenue of all members), and monitoring payments of compensation related to such pool limit; setting parameters for the manner in which a student athlete may transfer between institutions, if such rules provide that— on at least 1 occasion each student athlete may transfer between institutions and be immediately eligible to participate on a varsity sports team of the institution to which the student athlete transfers (if academically eligible to participate); and an institution to which a student athlete is transferring or is considering transferring shall provide to such student athlete, at the request of such student athlete, in writing and at a reasonable time prior to completion of the transfer, a notice of the previously earned academic credits of such student athlete that such institution will accept, including with respect to the program of study of such student athlete; the length of time a student athlete is eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics and the academic standards to be eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics; establishing and implementing a process, including a database, with respect to agent registration, including— setting qualifications to be registered as an agent; setting parameters for the ability of member institutions to negotiate with agents who are not registered under such process; and limiting the amount of the compensation under a name, image, and likeness agreement between a student athlete and an institution that may be provided to the agent of such student athlete to not more than 5 percent of such compensation; the membership of, and participation in, such interstate intercollegiate athletic association (including any championships administered by such interstate intercollegiate athletic association), under which such interstate intercollegiate athletic association may establish membership qualifications, remove members, and otherwise regulate participation; and intercollegiate athletic competitions and playing seasons, including rules with respect to season length, maximum number of contests, and student athlete time demands (whether during a playing season or outside of such season).
An interstate intercollegiate athletic association is only authorized to establish and enforce rules under subsection
(a)if such interstate intercollegiate athletic association is in compliance with this subsection and section 3. An interstate intercollegiate athletic association (except for an interstate intercollegiate athletic association that is also a conference) shall carry out the following: Ensure that the membership of any board, committee, or other similar body of such interstate intercollegiate athletic association, if tasked with a decision-making role (including a decision-making role with respect to establishing or enforcing a rule under section 6(a)), satisfies the following: Not less than 20 percent of the members of the board, committee, or body are individuals who are student athletes or were student athletes at any point during the preceding 10-year period, with— men and women equally represented with respect to such individuals; and each such individual participating in or having participated in a different sport. Not less than 30 percent of the members of the board, committee, or body represent institutions that are not among the 70 highest earning member institutions of such interstate intercollegiate athletic association with respect to annual college sports revenue. Establish a council to serve as the primary deliberative body of the interstate intercollegiate athletic association and that is— responsible for developing proposals with respect to policy; and composed of individuals who represent each conference that is a member of such interstate intercollegiate athletic association.