(WFRV) – During the second day of the NFL Draft on Friday, April 25, the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) held its annual meeting where officials approved several constitutional amendments, including allowing students to enter into Name, Image, and Likeness opportunities.
After striking down a deal to allow NIL for high school student-athletes last year, this year’s annual meeting minutes show a constitutional amendment has been approved.
Breakdown and quick analysis of the Packers eight selections during 2025 NFL Draft:
With the approval for student athletes to seek out NIL opportunities, some new language was also approved, highlighting what the student-athletes can and cannot do when entering into these NIL opportunities.
The following are the NIL activities that WIAA officials say are prohibited:
- The student shall not appear in the uniform of the student’s school and does not utilize the marks, logos, etc. of the school team, school, Conference, or WIAA as part of any endorsement.
- The student shall not promote activities nor products associated with the following:
- Gaming/gambling
- Alcoholic beverages
- Tobacco
- Cannabis or related products
- Banned or illegal substances
- Adult entertainment products or services
- Weapons (i.e., firearms).
- The compensation is not contingent on specific athletic performance or achievement (i.e., financial incentives based on points scored).
- The compensation is not provided by the school or persons associated with the school as an inducement to attend a particular school (“recruiting”) or to remain enrolled at a particular school.
- Definition of Persons Associated With School include, but are not limited to; current or former coaches, current or former athletes, parent(s)/guardian(s)/caregiver of current or former student/athletes (exception of one’s own parent) , booster club members, alumni, spouses or relatives of coaches, teachers and other employees, coaches who become employed, active applicants for coaching positions, and persons who are employed by companies or organizations that have donated monetarily, athletic supplies, equipment or apparel to that school.
- The NIL activities do not interfere with a student-athlete’s academic obligations.
- A student does not miss athletic practice, competition, travel, or other team obligations in order to participate in NIL opportunities.
- A student can not utilize representation or contract an agent. High schools or its employees are not allowed to help facilitate deals for student-athletes.
In addition to the newly approved NIL opportunities for student athletes, the WIAA also approved several other constitutional amendments, including expanding the time coaches can make contact with their team over the summer in WIAA-sponsored sports and changing the spectator sportsmanship to include a rule requiring any ejected spectator to complete a free online NFHS Sportsmanship class in addition to a one-game suspension.
For more information on the approved constitutional amendments at the WIAA’s 2025 annual meeting, click here.
