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An additional federal legislative proposal regarding college athlete name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights has been introduced on Capitol Hill. The Bill, known as the
College Athlete Economic Freedom Act (“Freedom Act”), is authored by Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) a leading advocate and author on college athlete rights and U.S. Representative Lori Trahan (D-Mass.), a former NCAA Division I athlete at Georgetown University.
The proposed legislation will protect the name, image and likeness rights of current collegiate student-athletes and become the first proposed federal legislation to also provide rights to prospective collegiate student-athletes.
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U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy introduced a bill Thursday that would guarantee college athlete the right to earn money from endorsements and sponsorship deals while barring the NCAA, schools and conferences from imposing restrictions.
The College Athlete Economic Freedom Act is the third piece of legislation related to name, image and likeness compensation for college athletes introduced in Congress since December and second sponsored by Democrats.
The latest bill, co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan of Massachusetts, focuses on creating a national standard for so-called NIL compensation that would pre-empt the more than two dozen state laws currently in the pipeline. Iowa became the latest state to get in the game, with lawmakers introducing a bill Wednesday they hope will go into effect July 1.
Senator Chris Murphy Proposes Legislation for College Athletes to Profit Off Their Likeness
On 2/4/21 at 1:48 PM EST
The proposed legislation, whose details were provided to
Newsweek, is titled the College Athlete Freedom Act. It was filed by Murphy along with Massachusetts Congresswoman Lori Trahan.
While the legislation seeks to create a federal right that would allow college athletes to market their NIL and athletic reputation, it also lists a number of other changes the lawmakers would like to see in college athletics. They include preventing the NCAA, colleges or conferences from imposing rules that would stop athletes from organizing as a group; allowing athletes to organize under a shared representative to negotiate group licensing agreements; imposing new enforcement provisions against the NCAA if they attempt to restrict athletes NIL rights; and ensuring equal opportunities for athletes to profit off of their NIL regardless of sport, race and gender.
Latest bill would bar NCAA limits on athlete NIL rights
By RALPH D. RUSSOFebruary 4, 2021 GMT
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy introduced a bill Thursday that would guarantee college athlete the right to earn money from endorsements and sponsorship deals while barring the NCAA, schools and conferences from imposing restrictions.
The College Athlete Economic Freedom Act is the third piece of legislation related to name, image and likeness compensation for college athletes introduced in Congress since December and second sponsored by Democrats.
The latest bill, co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan of Massachusetts, focuses on creating a national standard for so-called NIL compensation that would pre-empt the more than two dozen state laws currently in the pipeline. Iowa became the latest state to get in the game, with lawmakers introducing a bill Wednesday they hope will go into effect July 1.