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Ohio State and name, image, and likeness reform: 3 things it means for Buckeye athletic programs

Compensation opportunities for name, image, and likeness appear to be coming to college athletics. What does it mean for Ohio State?

The inevitable appears to be happening. We’ve seen a few states propose and pass into law name, image, and likeness legislation that paves the way for amateur college athletes to get compensated. We’ve also seen the NCAA express concerns but begrudgingly allude to concessions.

Now, we’ve seen Ohio State president Michael Drake and the NCAA’s Board of Governors throw their support behind a rule change to allow for college athletes to profit off of their name, image, and likeness — or NIL for short.

The one constant is change it seems, and it’s coming to college athletics barring any unforeseen, complete turn of events the other direction.

But what does it mean for Ohio State specifically? That’s what you are here for right? Here are three things we believe will be impactful to the program on the banks of the Olentangy when this all becomes reality in January of 2021.

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Former Ohio State wide receiver Anthony Gonzales releases five pillars for name, image, and likeness compensation

Former Ohio State receiver and current Ohio congressman Anthony Gonzalez introduced five pillars for the name, image, and likeness issue.

Like it or not, the issue and developing story of the usage of a college athlete’s name, image, and likeness isn’t going away. We’ve already seen California Pass the Fair Pay to Play Act, and other states have either introduced or threatened similar types of legislature. Heck, the NCAA has even weighed in, knowing that it’s likely inevitable that athlete’s eventually get compensated in some way as the big business of college athletics continues to evolve.

One of the people with Ohio State ties that can actually do something about introducing a bill to police this thing at the federal level is former Ohio State receiver and current Ohio U.S. representative Anthony Gonzalez.

Gonzalez has been very outspoken about introducing something at the federal level to try and bring some continuity, transparency, and consistency with how the issue of compensation for college play is handled. However, he’s been relatively silent since we first hear about his intentions.

But no more.

The former OSU receiver released five pillars of what he believes should be considered with any move towards further compensation for college athletes. You can get a look at all of them below in a Tweet shared by Dan Murphy of ESPN.

I have to say, getting something done federally seems like a very important step in this process so that states — and by extension — college programs within those states don’t treat this quickly evolving situation differently.

There’s not a whole lot more to report on this for now, but we’ll keep our ears to the ground here at Buckeyes Wire.