United States immigration regulations prohibit international students in the U.S. on F-1 student visas from participating in employment. F-1 visas provide for only limited employment authorization types, most of which must be connected to the degree the athletes pursue. If an employee model is ushered in for some athletes, “overnight we could have any number of international student-athletes that are immediately in violation of their [F-1 student] status,” Ksenia Maiorova told Eric Prisbell of On3 NIL.
