Nicole Kraft, director of the Sports & Society Initiative and associate professor of clinical communication, spoke on the "pay-to-play" issue of whether college athletes should be allowed to receive endorsement deals. California became the first state to sign a provision to allow this on September 30.

The first step, Kraft said, is understanding compliance in college sports.

"Now that we have the evolution of the student athlete model where we’re looking at whether or not they can be paid for their likeness, we have even more questions about how compliance will come into play," she said.

Kraft moderated a discussion about college athletics compliance with panelists from the Columbus sports community on October 3 at the Ohio Union.

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