Ohio State has made changes to its name, image and likeness policies. According to a university release Monday, Ohio State has updated its NIL guidelines to allow for the creation of an NIL Edge Team; an advisory group that can help connect Buckeye student-athletes with NIL opportunities. “We are updating our NIL guidelines to allow for the creation of the Edge Team to assist in connecting and coordinating NIL activities for our student-athletes,” Carey Hoyt, Ohio State senior associate athletics director and primary administrator for Ohio State’s NIL programs, said in the release. “Our guidelines were initially created to be restrictive, but now that we have a better understanding of NIL, it’s clear that we can provide more assistance in connecting student-athletes with interested brands. By allowing some OSU staff to interact with the brands and to educate and answer questions, we can eliminate hesitancy from brands, and donors, who…
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