CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio’s newly approved rule allowing high school athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness places the state among the growing majority nationwide that permit teenagers to earn money through things like endorsements, social-media promotions, autograph sessions and licensing agreements.

The Ohio High School Athletic Association passed the NIL bylaw last week after an emergency vote prompted by a Franklin County lawsuit challenging the association’s previous prohibition. The measure, which takes effect immediately, passed 447–121, with 247 schools abstaining.

OHSAA spokesperson Tim Stried said only “a smaller number” of Ohio’s roughly 400,000 student-athletes are expected to participate, though the rule allows any student to do so.

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