Ohio is now a Name, Image and Likeness state.

The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced on Monday that the state’s athletic governing body passed a referendum allowing for NIL at the high school level.

Ohio became the 45th state to approve NIL, leaving Alabama, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi and Wyoming as the only states that have yet to allow high school athletes to capitalize on their on-field fame.

Athletes can enter into agreements and be compensated for branding, social media, endorsements, appearances and licensing.

The vote passed with 447 schools being in favor, 121 against and 247 abstaining from voting. The NIL framework will go into effect immediately.

OHSAA members voted down a NIL proposal in 2022, 538-254.

“Our member schools helped develop this language,” OH

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