NIL Compliance Policy

How RecruitNIL keeps athletes and brands on the right side of NCAA, state, and federal NIL law — automatically.

1. Automated CSC Disclosure for Deals ≥ $600

Under the House v. NCAA settlement framework, any NIL deal valued at $600 or more must be disclosed to the College Sports Commission (CSC) within five business days of execution.

The platform does this for you. The instant a qualifying deal is created (either by booking a deliverable with deal_value_cents ≥ 60_000 or by funding a held payment at that amount), RecruitNIL:

  1. Generates a CSC-format disclosure PDF (form version CSC-2026.1).
  2. Stamps a SHA-256 fingerprint of the PDF onto the disclosure row for tamper evidence.
  3. Opens a five-business-day filing window, excluding US federal holidays.
  4. Emails the athlete, parent/guardian (if minor), and brand.
  5. Writes an append-only entry to the compliance audit log.

2. California Shield — Platform, Not Agent

RecruitNIL is not an athlete agent. Our Platform, Not Agent notice is the operative disclosure under California’s Miller-Ayala Athlete Agents Act and the federal UAAA/RUAA. We are not subject to agent-registration requirements, the $100,000 Miller-Ayala bond, or agent-commission disclosure obligations. Our only revenue from deals is the platform subscription fee paid by brands.

3. Fair Market Value Proofs

Every athlete has an ROI pixel attached to their tracking link. That pixel records impressions, reach, engagements, clicks, conversions, and downstream revenue for the brand. On demand, RecruitNIL generates a Fair Market Value Proof using industry benchmark CPM, CPC, and CPA rates, producing a defensible range that protects the athlete during a CSC audit.

4. California NILA-Compliant Brand Templates

Brands starting a campaign in California can drop in one of our pre reviewed contract templates:

Every template ships with the mandatory disclosures (FTC #ad, platform-not-agent, minor co-sign when applicable), a list of prohibited clauses, and statutory citations. A rule based screener blocks any draft that reintroduces pay for play language, perpetual NIL licenses, cross category exclusivity, or unlicensed school IP before the contract can be sent.

5. State-by-State Rule Engine

High school athletes are checked against the hs_nil_rules table for state by state permissibility, minimum age, parental consent, and deferred payment rules (Texas). Any deliverable that fails a hard rule is rejected at the API layer.

6. Append Only Audit Log

Every automated compliance action writes to compliance_audit_log. That log is append only and time stamped, so counsel can reconstruct exactly what the platform did, when, and on whose behalf.

7. Not Legal Advice

Compliance automation is not legal advice. For individualized guidance, consult an attorney or your school’s compliance office.