As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session S. B. No. 94
2025-2026
Senator DeMora
A B I L L
To enact section 3345.88 of the Revised Code
regarding broadcasts of intercollegiate athletic
competitions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 3345.88 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 3345.88. (A) As used in this section:
(1) "University athletic event" means an intercollegiate
athletic competition in which a student-athlete or team of
student-athletes affiliated with a state university participate.
(2) "State university" has the same meaning as in section
3345.011 of the Revised Code.
(B) To the extent permitted by federal law, no state
university shall enter into or renew a contract under which the
media rights to broadcast a university athletic event are
granted exclusively to a streaming service. This division
applies only to contracts entered into or renewed on or after
the effective date of this section.
(C) Each state university shall provide enrolled students,
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at no cost to the students, with access to observe any
university athletic events that are broadcast in accordance with
a contract entered into or renewed in accordance with division
(B) of this section. Each state university shall determine the
manner in which such access is provided to students.
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