The bill is the first related to college sports’ ongoing name-image-and-likeness (NIL) issue to be proposed during the new Congressional session, with Democrats controlling both chambers.
The Murphy-Trahan bill’s inclusion of prospective college athletes is notable, as it defines a prospective college athlete as any athlete who “may be recruited by an institution of higher education.”
It would expressly prevent the NCAA from taking any action to prevent college athletes and prospective college athletes from making money from the NIL, individually or collectively.
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