Bixby board approves Open Doors contract to monitor student-athlete NIL activity

Bixby Public Schools’ Board of Education on Oct. 13 approved an agreement with Open Doors to give student‑athletes a managed platform for name, image and likeness (NIL) opportunities and to let district staff monitor those arrangements. The contract was approved at the district meeting held in the BHS Academic Building Community Room; the board voted unanimously to approve the $5,500 annual contract paid from athletic‑department activity funds.

District officials said the contract is intended to help the district comply with guidance from the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association and to provide protections and reporting for students and families. Kate Creekmore, the district’s executive director of athletics, said the Open Doors platform lets businesses post paid appearances or promotional opportunities and holds funds in escrow until the district and the student’s parent approve the transaction. “This gives us, I think, a protection for us and protection for the kiddos for us to be able to monitor it again, which we are required to do,” Creekmore said.

The board’s approval follows a…