Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Athlete Revenue Sharing Could Force Major College Budget Shifts - Michael McCann, Lev Akabas and Eben Novy-Williams, Yahoo

 With Florida’s Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) law set to go into effect on July 1 and with the NCAA punting on NIL rules as it awaits a summer ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court in NCAA v. Alston, members of Congress are under pressure and seeing opportunity. Different sectors of the college sports industry have lobbied them to pass a federal NIL statute. Such a statute would establish a national set of rules for college athletes to hire agents, sign endorsements and profit from their athletic celebrity and social media influence.

https://sports.yahoo.com/athlete-revenue-sharing-could-force-095542474.html