Preemption

No State, or political subdivision of a State, may maintain, enforce, prescribe, or continue in effect any law, rule, regulation, requirement, standard, or other provision having the force and effect of law that— (1) governs or regulates the compensation, payment, benefits, employment status, or eligibility of a student athlete (including a prospective student athlete) with respect to participation in intercollegiate athletics, including any law, rule, regulation, requirement, standard, or other provision that relates to the right of a student athlete to receive compensation or other payments or benefits directly or indirectly from any institution, associated entity or individual, conference, or interstate intercollegiate athletic association; (2) limits or restricts a right provided to an institution, a conference, or an interstate intercollegiate athletic association under this Act; (3) requires a release of or license to use the name, image, and likeness rights of any individual participant, or group of participants, in an intercollegiate athletic competition (or an individual spectator or group of spectators at an intercollegiate athletic competition) for purposes of audio-visual, audio, or visual broadcasts or other distributions of such intercollegiate athletic competition; or (4) is otherwise related to this Act.

(a) In general No State, or political subdivision of a State, may maintain, enforce, prescribe, or continue in effect any law, rule, regulation, requirement, standard, or other provision having the force and effect of law that conflicts with this Act, including the amendments made by this Act, and that— (1) governs or regulates the compensation, payment, benefits, or employment status of a student athlete (including a prospective student athlete) with respect to participation in intercollegiate athletics, including any law, rule, regulation, requirement, standard, or other provision that— (A) relates to the right of a student athlete to receive compensation or other payments or benefits directly or indirectly from any institution, associated entity or individual, conference, or interstate intercollegiate athletic association; or (B) relates to the length of time a student athlete is eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics or the academic standards to be eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics; (2) limits or restricts a right provided to an institution, a conference, or an interstate intercollegiate athletic association under this Act; or (3) requires a release of or license to use the name, image, and likeness rights of any individual participant, or group of participants, in an intercollegiate athletic competition (or an individual spectator or group of spectators at an intercollegiate athletic competition) for purposes of audio-visual, audio, or visual broadcasts or other distributions of such intercollegiate athletic competition. (b) Rule of construction Nothing in subsection (a) may be construed to— (1) relieve any person of liability under a State law of general applicability that does not conflict with this Act, including the amendments made by this Act; or (2) relieve any person of liability under common law.