Miscellaneous
The state of California recently passed legislation, currently proposed to take effect in 2023, that could place the rights to generate revenue against a college athlete's own name, image, or likeness into the hands of the college athlete, something heretofore verboten by the NCAA in the name of amateurism. The legislation also proposes to prohibit the NCAA from blocking players or universities from competition if players do profit from their name/image/likeness (NIL) rights, and futher, would allow players to individually obtain legal and agency support to manage the player's own interests. While the debate over the impact of such a law in California rages on in the world of collegiate sports, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that he would also support state legislation that allows his state's more than 11,000 college athletes to profit from their own NIL rights. On today's episode of North by Northeast , we're gathering context for discussion by listening back through