The University of Mississippi Athletics
Promotional Appearances
Promotional appearance requests for all student-athletes must comply with NCAA guidelines. If the appearance request complies with the applicable NCAA guidelines, the University of Mississippi (“University”) will accommodate such request at its discretion. Factors the University considers to determine if an appearance request will be approved include, but are not limited to, distance the student-athlete will have to travel to appear, time of year, academic issues and the number of appearance requests for the specific student-athlete.
I ensure as an authorized agent of a charitable, education or nonprofit agency, my agency will use the University of Mississippi student- athlete's name, image or appearance pursuant to the requirements stated NCAA Bylaw 12.5.1, which are as follows:
NCAA Bylaw 12.5.1
A member institution or recognized entity thereof (e.g., fraternity, sorority or student government organization), a member conference or a noninstitutional charitable, educational or nonprofit agency may use a student-athlete's name, picture or appearance to support its charitable or educational activities or to support activities considered incidental to the student-athlete's participation in intercollegiate athletics, provided the following conditions are met:
* The student-athlete receives written approval to participate from the director of athletics (or his or her designee who may not be a coaching staff member), subject to the limitations on participants in such activities as set forth in Bylaw 17;
* The specific activity or project in which the student-athlete participates does not involve co-sponsorship, advertisement or promotion by a commercial agency other than through the reproduction of the sponsoring company's officially registered regular trademark or logo on printed materials such as pictures, posters or calendars. The company's emblem, name, address, telephone number and website address may be included with the trademark or logo. Personal names, messages and slogans (other than an officially registered trademark) are prohibited;
* The name or picture of a student-athlete with remaining eligibility may not appear on an institution's printed promotional item (e.g., poster, calendar) that includes a reproduction of a product with which a commercial entity is associated if the commercial entity's officially registered regular trademark or logo also appears on the item;
* The student-athlete does not miss class;
* All moneys derived from the activity or project go directly to the member institution, member conference or the charitable, educational or nonprofit agency;
* The student-athlete may accept actual and necessary expenses from the member institution, member conference or the charitable, educational or nonprofit agency related to participation in such activity;
* Any commercial items with names, likenesses or pictures of multiple student-athletes (other than highlight films or media guides per Bylaw 12.5.1.7) may be sold only at the member institution at which the student-athletes are enrolled, the institution's conference, institutionally controlled (owned and operated) outlets or outlets controlled by the charitable, educational or nonprofit organization (e.g., location of the charitable or educational organization, site of charitable event during the event). Items that include an individual student-athlete's name, picture or likeness (e.g., name on jersey, name or likeness on a bobble- head doll), other than informational items (e.g., media guide, schedule cards, institutional publications), may not be sold; and
* The student-athlete and an authorized representative of the charitable, educational or nonprofit agency sign a release statement ensuring that the student-athlete's name, image or appearance is used in a manner consistent with the requirements of this section.