(From the OHSAA)

A lawsuit was filed in Franklin County on Thursday against the Ohio High School Athletic Association that could result in an emergency referendum vote of OHSAA member schools on a bylaw that would allow high school student-athletes to be compensated for their name, image and likeness (NIL).

If the membership votes in favor of a proposal, it would allow OHSAA member schools to shape the bylaw.

NIL at the high school level has spread rapidly across the country in the last several years since it became permitted at the college level. Currently, the OHSAA is one of only six state associations that does not allow NIL by student-athletes at its member schools.

In September, the OHSAA Board of Directors approved language on NIL to go to member schools next May as part of the

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