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Section 8-26B-50

Definitions.

For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) COMPENSATION. Anything of value, monetary or otherwise, granted to a party by a second party in exchange for performance of a contract. For purposes of this article, compensation does not include a scholarship awarded to a student athlete by a postsecondary educational institution or a stipend given to a student athlete by a postsecondary educational institution which is calculated based on the cost of living and cost of attendance at the institution.

(2) INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORT. An athletic program at a postsecondary educational institution.

(3) NAME, IMAGE, OR LIKENESS. Any or all of those elements that, together, are known as the right of publicity.

(4) POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. A public university or college in this state or an institution for higher education as defined in Section 16-18A-2. This term does not include any Alabama Community College System institutions.

(5) STUDENT ATHLETE. As defined in Section 8-26B-2.

(Act 2021-227, §1.)


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