The NCAA's top policy-making group on Tuesday voted "unanimously to permit students participating in athletics the opportunity to benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness in a manner consistent with the collegiate model," the association said in a news release.
The release followed a Board of Governors meeting at which the group received a report from a special committee that had been appointed in May to examine the name, image and likeness issue.
The statement about the board action did not provide specifics, but said the changes should occur within the principles and guidelines that include:
u25baAssure student-athletes are treated similarly to non-athlete students unless a compelling reason exists to differentiate.