Interesting approach from a legal standpoint.

This would forbid not only the NCAA but any conference from placing any restrictions on NIL ability.

From ESPN

Quote:A new federal bill introduced Thursday would make it illegal for the NCAA or other college sports associations to place any restrictions on the type or size of endorsements deals that college athletes could sign in the future.

The bill, co-authored by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) and Rep. Lori Trahan (D-Massachusetts), is the latest in a series of proposed national laws that aim to help college athletes make money and reform a multi-billion-dollar college sports industry that several members of Congress believe is fundamentally unfair. This proposal is the only option to date that doesn't provide any means for Congress, the NCAA or any other governing body to regulate what products athletes can endorse.

(02-04-2021 02:15 PM)AllTideUp Wrote:  Interesting approach from a legal standpoint.

This would forbid not only the NCAA but any conference from placing any restrictions on NIL ability.

From ESPN

Quote:A new federal bill introduced Thursday would make it illegal for the NCAA or other college sports associations to place any restrictions on the type or size of endorsements deals that college athletes could sign in the future.

The bill, co-authored by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) and Rep. Lori Trahan (D-Massachusetts), is the latest in a series of proposed national laws that aim to help college athletes make money and reform a multi-billion-dollar college sports industry that several members of Congress believe is fundamentally unfair. This proposal is the only option to date that doesn't provide any means for Congress, the NCAA or any other governing body to regulate what products athletes can endorse.

It would seem that this bill would prevent the NCAA and individual conferences from regulating the use of sham endorsements as a recruiting tactic.