The Highway to NIL Podcast analyzes the legal landscape concerning college athletics and the regulation of name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights of student athletes. The podcast provides key insights into the current state of affairs, focusing on the NIL guidance and policies coming directly from the NCAA; the various passed and amended state NIL laws; and NIL enforcement, including how the NCAA, state attorneys general, and other regulators may investigate and punish schools for NIL violations.

In this installment, Troutman Pepper attorneys Cal Stein, Mike Lowe, and Chris Brolley discuss the implications of recent changes to the NCAA transfer portal and the emerging issue of tampering in college sports.

Specific topics include:

• Student-athlete transfer rules (3:47);
• Current student-athlete transfer process (7:30);
• What constitutes "tampering" (10:20);
• "Tampering" and the transfer portal (17:24);
• Impact of new transfer rules on "tampering" enforcement activity (21:00);
• How new transfer rules impact NIL (27:03).