Faculty Profile: Melia Jones

Melia Jones, ALC Executive Vice President and General Counsel, is a graduate of Texas A&M and Texas Tech University School of Law and Rawls College of Business. She spent eight years working at the Texas A&M University System Office of General Counsel managing and executing multiple coaching contracts, licensing deals,  and media distribution deals for the A&M System colleges, which include NCAA Division I, II, and NAIA institutions. Jones has been on the front lines of the NIL discussions from the beginning on the university side and is considered a subject-matter and compliance expert in the field.  Jones advised on the recent Texas bill regarding student-athlete NIL rights that passed through the state legislature.