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College and high-school name, image & likeness rules for Idaho (ID) — at a glance, in plain English. Not legal advice; confirm with a compliance office before acting.
At a glance
College NIL: No state law. High-school NIL: Limited, per NCAA policy + House settlement · IHSAA (HS). NIL collectives: operating. Deal-disclosure threshold: Not specified. High-school governance: Idaho High School Activities Association (IHSAA). Last reviewed October 2026 — this is a plain-English overview pending verification, not legal advice.
What to know
Idaho still has no standalone college NIL statute as of October 2026, so athletes follow NCAA policy and school rules; the legislature has so far only urged Congress to act, not passed its own law. The IHSAA allows endorsement income only when it carries no school, team, league, district or association affiliation - treat it as limited and confirm current guidance. Collectives exist around the state's Division-I programs, and a new state working group is studying further support, but statewide disclosure rules are still not clearly defined.
Idaho still has no state NIL statute as of October 2026. For college athletes at Boise State, Idaho, Idaho State and other schools, the governing framework is NCAA policy plus the House v. NCAA settlement approved in June 2025. For high schoolers, the Idaho High School Activities Association's Rule 8 on individual eligibility is the rulebook that matters, and it has not changed on this point for the 2026-27 school year.
Because there is no Idaho statute to layer on top, the national rules are the whole story. Under the House settlement, schools that opt in may pay athletes directly, with a reported revenue-sharing cap of roughly 21.3 million dollars per school for the 2026-27 athletic year, up from about 20.5 million dollars in year one. Separately, the NCAA requires Division I athletes to report third-party NIL deals worth 600 dollars or more through NIL Go, the College Sports Commission's clearinghouse, and says deals must involve real promotional work at reasonable market rates. Compliance with NIL rules is a condition of Division I eligibility, and collectives such as Boise State's Horseshoe Collective continue to operate around the state's programs.
The IHSAA's published amateur rule allows endorsement income only when the deal has no connection to school sports.
As of October 2026, an Idaho high schooler can reportedly do paid endorsement work so long as nothing ties the deal to their school team, school, league, district, or the IHSAA: no school uniforms, no school name, no filming at school events. The 300-dollar cap in Rule 8-5-1 applies to awards, equipment, and prizes rather than endorsement pay, but it is an easy line to trip over with merchandise. College athletes in Idaho should assume the NCAA's NIL Go reporting threshold of 600 dollars applies to their third-party deals.
Rather than passing its own NIL statute, the Idaho Legislature adopted Senate Joint Memorial 114 in the 2026 session, urging Congress to take immediate federal action to restore clarity, consistency, and stability to intercollegiate athletics. It was adopted by both chambers in March 2026. In June 2026, Governor Brad Little separately created a Governor's Working Group on College Athletics, made up of lawmakers, university-system and business representatives, to examine how Idaho's public universities can stay competitive under NIL and revenue sharing and to report recommendations back to the governor. As of this review, that group's findings had not translated into a filed bill, so the House settlement's revenue sharing and the NIL Go clearinghouse remain the operative rules for Idaho college athletes.
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