Ohio high school athletes can now cash in on their name, image, and likeness. “NIL is this new era,” said Stephanie Grady, CEO of Influential Athlete. “It’s part of the framework now of amateur sports, and that’s not going to change.” On, Monday the Ohio High School Athletic Association announced that its member schools overwhelmingly voted in favor of an emergency bylaw referendum that makes Ohio the 45th state to allow NIL at the high school level.