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's Cal Stein, Chris Brolley, Danielle Clifford, and Patrick Zancolli discuss the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's October 17th hearing on Name, Image, and Likeness, and the Future of College Sports.

Specific topics include:

• The future of federal legislation governing NIL (3:06);
• Congressional preemption of student-athletes as school employees (9:02);
• Impact of student-athletes becoming employees on smaller schools (13:30);
• NIL issues for international student-athletes (16:24);
• Title IX compliance and NIL collectives (20:05); and
• Congressional warning about federal NIL regulation (22:36).