The Business of College Sports
Welcome to The Business of College Sports podcast! Host Kristi Dosh is a sports business contributor for Forbes and formerly ESPN's sports business reporter. A recovering attorney, she is the author of "Saturday Millionaires: How Winning Football Builds Winning Colleges." She's joined each week by experts in and around college sports to discuss the latest news and the impact it has on the industry. Whether you work in the industry or are simply a fan of college sports, this is where you come to learn what's really going on behind the scenes.
The Business of College Sports
New Developments in NIL for International Student Athletes
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Amy Maldonado and Ksenia Maiorova
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Season 3
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Episode 66
In this episode, I’m joined by Ksenia Maiorova and Amy Maldonado. Ksenia and Amy are very accomplished immigration attorneys who work with international athletes seeking to take advantage of NIL. They've been able to secure O-1 visas for several athletes and are sharing with us both their successes and the challenges.
Topics we covered include:
- The limitations on a student visa and how it complicates an international student’s NIL possibilities
- The types of visas that are available to international student athletes beyond student visas, including O-1 Visas
- When a student athlete might consider pursuing an O-1 visa
- Why some sports are easier than others for getting other types of visas
- Potential passive income opportunities for international student athletes
- Completing NIL activities out of the country
- The potential consequences of failing to adhere to visa requirements/guidelines
Ksenia Maiorova can be reached on Instagram at @sportsvisalawyer.
Amy Maldonado can be reached on her website at amaldonadolaw.com.
You can follow Kristi on Twitter and Instagram to discuss further, ask additional questions or suggest future episodes.
You can find more of her analysis on the business of college sports at BusinessofCollegeSports.com and Forbes.