#12 | Jeremy Evans | Name, Image and Likeness

LA sports and entertainment lawyer Jeremy Evans on how NIL, the transfer portal and collectives turned college sports into the wild west, and what it means for 18-year-old athletes. Jeremy Evans is a sports and entertainment lawyer based in Los Angeles, California. Jeremy's journey is incredible: he has travelled the world, picked up degrees at UCLA and Pepperdine, and practises his trade in the beating heart of Los Angeles, where sports and entertainment collide. Part of the conversation discusses how the amateur sports world changed forever with NIL. The term NIL refers to the rights of college athletes to control and profit from their name, image and likeness. In the past, these rights were restricted by the NCAA, but recent policy changes now allow athletes to monetize their personal brand and endorsements while participating in college sports. Follow Jeremy Evans on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremymevansesq Chapters 0:00 Welcome Jeremy Evans 2:29 Growing up in LA, one of nine 4:08 Starting a sports law negotiation competition 6:10 Wanting to be a lawyer at five 8:12 Opening his own practice 10:02 Baseball and what might have been 16:07 A free-range childhood in Palmdale 20:00 Reading people 22:08 Years of school 24:29 UCLA, law school and 19 countries 28:10 First trip abroad: China 34:04 Wimbledon, Poland and Barcelona 36:12 A sole practitioner in LA 38:15 How agents and lawyers work in Hollywood 39:51 Reggie Bush and the old rules 42:22 How NIL deals and collectives work 46:18 The transfer portal 48:19 The one-and-done rule 50:03 The G League and other pathways 52:04 Baseball's shorter draft 54:08 Money at 18 56:15 Coaches and a changing roster 1:00:27 Keeping up every morning 1:02:16 Could college athletes unionise? 1:04:25 The NCAA and Charlie Baker 1:06:06 Title IX 1:08:21 Wrapping up The Ryan Pyle Podcast is ad-free by choice. If you enjoy these conversations, you can buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/ryanpyle Ryan's TV series are streaming around the world. Follow the Podcast X: https://x.com/RyanPylePodcast Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpylepodcast Follow Ryan Pyle YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanjpyle Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanpyle X: https://x.com/RyanPyle Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpyle https://www.ryanpyle.com