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SPORTS LAW*

When the decisions get serious, your legal strategy should too.

An agreement, eligibility decision, investigation, or dispute can affect whether you play, what you earn, and what opportunities remain open to you.

Get clear legal advice, a strategy built around the realities of college athletics, and representation prepared to act when negotiation alone is not enough.

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*Non-immigration legal services are provided through Strata Sports Law, PLLC, and not by Strata Sports Group, LLC. A separate attorney-client engagement is required.

REPRESENTATIVE NIL AGREEMENT

ILLUSTRATION ONLY

TOTAL COMPENSATION

$999,999

REPRESENTATIVE FIGURE — NOT A REAL OR PROMISED AMOUNT

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    Payment amount and schedule

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    What the athlete must do

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    Exclusivity and outside opportunities

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    Termination rights

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    Repayment or clawback exposure

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    Transfer-related consequences

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    Use of name, image, likeness, and content

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    Dispute process and controlling law

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    What happens if the other side does not perform

Representative agreement shown for educational illustration. It is not a client contract and does not constitute legal advice.

The number at the top of the deal is the easiest term to see.

The terms that control what happens next are often somewhere else.

KNOW WHAT THE DEAL PAYS.

KNOW WHAT THE DEAL COSTS.

Understand the rights, obligations, leverage, and risk before your signature makes the decision for you.

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CONTRACTS: REVIEW & COUNSEL

Sign with clarity—not assumptions.

You should know exactly what an agreement gives you, what it requires, what it restricts, and what can happen if the relationship changes.

Strata Sports Law reviews and advises on NIL agreements, school-compensation and revenue-share agreements, representation agreements, transfer-related agreements, brand and marketing contracts, and other agreements affecting an athlete’s career. The goal is to explain the practical consequences in plain language, identify terms that should be questioned, and negotiate changes when appropriate.

Possible matters include:

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NIL agreements with brands

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School-compensation and revenue-share agreements

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Collective-related agreements

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Agent and marketing agreements

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Licensing, content, and appearance agreements

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Transfer-related issues, including repayments, buyouts, or clawback provisions

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Settlement and dispute-resolution agreements

ELIGIBILITY & LITIGATION

If someone is standing between you and the field—or between you and money you are owed—you may need legal help.

Eligibility is one major category. The broader practice includes disputes arising from various rules impacting an athlete’s career.

Legal representation is available for eligibility challenges involving seasons of competition, prior professional activity, draft participation, transfer-related rules, and other restrictions on the right to compete. Strata Sports Law also handles disputes involving compensation, contracts, transfers, unpaid amounts, repayment demands, and other conflicts with schools, collectives, businesses, agents, and related parties, including litigation when appropriate.

Every dispute turns on its own facts, documents, governing rules, timing, and available forum. No particular result can be promised.

INVESTIGATIONS & ATHLETE DEFENSE

When you are under investigation, do not face the institution alone.

An allegation can affect playing status, reputation, education, team relationships, and future opportunity before the full facts are established.

Get independent legal advice during investigations and disciplinary proceedings involving a school, athletic department, conference, governing body, or other institution. Strata Sports Law helps athletes understand the allegations and process, preserve important information, prepare a response, communicate strategically, and protect their rights throughout the matter.

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    Notice or allegation

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    Deadline

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    Preservation of information

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    Interview or response

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    Hearing and decision

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    Appeal or next step

The institution has its own interests and advisors. You should have someone focused on your interests.

HOW LEGAL REPRESENTATION BEGINS

Start with the problem and the deadline.

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Tell us what happened.

Identify the agreement, decision, allegation, deadline, or dispute.

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Conflict and fit review.

The law firm determines whether it can consider the matter and whether urgent action may be required.

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Separate legal engagement.

Legal representation begins only after the matter is accepted and a written legal-services agreement is signed.

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Strategy and action.

The attorney reviews the facts and documents, explains the options, and develops a plan appropriate to the matter.

Protect what
you’ve built.

The right strategic support makes all the difference.

Tell us what is happening and whether there is an upcoming game, hearing, portal date, response deadline, payment date, or other urgent event.

Get Sports Law Help*

*Non-immigration legal services are provided through Strata Sports Law, a DBA of Strata Sports Law, PLLC, and not by Strata Sports Group, LLC. A separate attorney-client engagement is required.