Who is this on my rubber basketball

[Improviser]

Would it violate NIL if the number on the Jersey was different, though the face was Rashad's?

IDK, maybe or maybe not depending on whether the symmetry has to be the same feature for feature, or if the face alone is enough to be violation without permission.

Intuitively though, it doesn't sound right to copy a face on the ball, but then again, look at how Avatars do that, but nobody is making money selling their avatars.

Here, it is a tag sale so does anyone whose picture is on the ball, care about it? For mass marketing, another story, I would think.

 

[Lafayette]

Would it violate NIL if the number on the Jersey was different, though the face was Rashad's?

IDK, maybe or maybe not depending on whether the symmetry has to be the same feature for feature, or if the face alone is enough to be violation without permission.

Intuitively though, it doesn't sound right to copy a face on the ball, but then again, look at how Avatars do that, but nobody is making money selling their avatars.

Here, it is a tag sale so does anyone whose picture is on the ball, care about it? For mass marketing, another story, I would think.

NCAA set aside a pool of like $2.4B for earlier athletes to make a claim of unauthorized use of name, image, or likeness. on back to 1996 season. But yes, if they use Rashad's face and he was not compensated he/his agent could make a claim but would need the ball as proof. You could become a great friend of his if that helps him.

 

[Improviser]

NCAA set aside a pool of like $2.4B for earlier athletes to make a claim of unauthorized use of name, image, or likeness. on back to 1996 season. But yes, if they use Rashad's face and he was not compensated he/his agent could make a claim but would need the ball as proof. You could become a great friend of his if that helps him.

Can whistleblowers be compensated?

 

[Get a Job]

You people are insane. That image could scarcely look less like Rashad.

 

[Ctedgeman]

I think Horatio has the correct take here. I think the person who made it didn't want any legal trouble and just drew a random black player that kind of looks like a mix of Rip, Rashad, and Chris Smith, and gave him a number that didn't match any of them.

 

[Mr. French]

I thought it was understood that most answers here were tongue in cheek - it's pretty clear this was just a random depiction of a player with a random number so as not be obviously confused with a real player.