The Current NIL Landscape and Where the NCAA is Headed Next

Olivia Nuss has a diverse range of work experience in the legal and sports industry. Olivia is currently the Head of Legal and Business Affairs for Student Athlete NIL (SANIL), where they oversee contract negotiations and coordinates the communications team. Prior to this, Olivia worked as a Sports/NIL Legal Specialist for Influential, where they assisted with Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) legislation and expanded their knowledge on student-athletes and NIL talent agencies. Olivia also worked as a Sports Marketing Specialist for Hashtag Sports and as a NIL Business Consultant for Eccker Sports. Olivia gained legal experience as a Legal Extern for Louisiana State University Athletics and as a Legal Intern for Cypress Title LLC. Olivia also served as a Judicial Extern for the Louisiana Supreme Court and the 19th Judicial Circuit Courts. In addition, Olivia worked as a Legal Extern in the Domestic Violence Division of the East Baton Rouge District Attorney’s Office. Olivia has public relations and communications experience as a Weekend Hire Public Relations/Communications Intern for C3 Presents. Overall, Olivia has built a strong foundation in legal, sports, and communications roles throughout their career.

Daniel advises individual and corporate clients in the areas of business and corporate law, real estate development, transactions, and leasing, technology and venture capital, and other transactional matters. He leverages his prior experience working as in-house counsel to the largest privately held shopping mall developer in the Northeast to deliver business-focused, practical and effective solutions.

Since joining the firm, Daniel has played an active role in the emerging field of name, image, and likeness (NIL) in college athletics as a natural spinoff of his regular content creators and influencers practice. He has been a NIL panelist at the Temple Sports Business Conference and Syracuse Law’s Entertainment and Sports Law Society Symposium, as well as providing guest lectures at Syracuse University’s College of Law, David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, and Martin J. Whitman School of Management, State University of New York College at Cortland, and Cazenovia College. Daniel has also been quoted in NIL publications and has discussed current legal issues in the NIL landscape on sports law podcasts. In combination with his background as a former Coordinator of Hockey Operations for an NCAA Division I ice hockey program, Daniel is uniquely situated to assist any current or prospective college athlete, as well as any high school athlete in New York, navigate this unchartered and rapidly changing territory.

Experienced attorney with a demonstrated history of growing businesses. Skilled in law practice, sales, customer relationships, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), R, and Python. Strong business development professional and avid hockey fan with a passion for analytics.