SEC presidents vote to adopt standardized athlete contracts league wide

Southeastern Conference presidents voted on Monday to adopt standardized name, image, and likeness (NIL) and revenue-share agreements, CBS College Football and Yahoo College Football both report. The decision takes effect immediately, according to CBS College Football. Yahoo College Football noted that the approved contract format includes adjustable components. [1][2]

The vote makes the SEC the second power conference to implement standardized athlete contracts, following similar action by the Big Ten, CBS College Football and Yahoo College Football both report. In addition to approving the contract model, SEC presidents tabled a vote regarding whether to re-implement the conference intra-conference transfer policy, Yahoo College Football reported. [1][2]

Under the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement, athletic programs are permitted to share up to $21.6 million in direct revenue with student-athletes during the current academic year, CBS College Football reported. The current period marks the second year of a 10-year settlement window. Student-athletes received almost $1.8 billion in direct revenue-share distributions throughout the 2025-26 academic year. [1]