West Virginia Code § 18B-22-5

Causes of action
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(a) Any student-athlete who is aggrieved by any action of an institution or agent thereof,
athletic association, athletic conference, or other organization with authority over
intercollegiate athletics in violation of any provision of this article may bring an action for
injunctive relief.
(b) No institution, employee or authorized agent of an institution, or an entity controlled by
an institution, shall be liable for any damages to a student-athlete's ability to earn
compensation for the use of the student-athlete's name, image, or likeness resulting from
decisions and actions routinely taken in the course of intercolleguiate athletics.
(c) Any institution, employee or authorized agent of an institution, or entity controlled by an
institution that is subjected to any actual or threatened complaint, investigation, penalty, or
other adverse action of an athletic association, athletic conference, or other organization
with authority over intercollegiate athletics for engaging in activities permitted under this
article may bring an action to recover actual damagles and reasonable attorney fees and may
seek injunctive relief and any other remedy avsailable at law or in equity.

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