Utah Schools Appeal Ruling Making NIL Contracts Public Records

Five universities in Utah are appealing the State Records Committee’s ruling that college athletes’ name, image, and likeness contracts are public records under state law.

The following universities are challenging the ruling: University of Utah, Utah State, Southern Utah, Weber State, and Utah Valley. The schools filed the complaint in Utah’s 3rd District Court on Wednesday, asking the judge to reverse the committee’s order.

The committee unanimously ruled in October that NIL contracts are not “education records” under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), which would prevent the contracts from public disclosure