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JACKSON ⢠Mississippi college athletes could sign agents and ink endorsement deals under a pair of bills advancing through the Legislature.
Separate versions of the so-called âname, image and likenessâ measures â House Bill 1030 and Senate Bill 2313 â cleared their respective chambers this week. The legislation received bipartisan backing.
If approved, the legislation would let a college athlete sign endorsement deals, hire an agent and accept gifts, actions that would presently could lead to sanctions. The billsâ advancement in Mississippi follows similar actions in several other states, including Florida and California.
The NCAA and Congress have yet to approve âname, image and likenessâ proposals, so states have opted to act on their own. Rep. Scott Bounds, R-Philadelphia, said waiting to approve a similar measure could put Mississippi at a recruiting disadvantage. âEvery day that this is not addressed, we are losing ground to other
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⢠Rural Mississippians with slow or nonexistent internet connections could get relief under two bills moving through the Legislature.
House Bill 942 would allow internet companies to lease out existing or planned âdark fiberâ lines operated by Entergy and Mississippi Power to run the electric grid. The legislation easily passed Tuesday and follows a similar proposal, Senate Bill 2798, which cleared the opposing chamber last week.
âWe need to have broadband in every home,â Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann told reporters last week.
Lawmakers from both chambers are now expected to negotiate on at least one key provision included in the House bill, which could limit how many communities would ultimately benefit and receive the faster internet.
JACKSON ⢠Mississippi politicians continue to personally profit from their campaign funds, new state filings show, a practice thatâs illegal in many other states and at the federal level.
In November, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney paid himself $30,000 from his campaign account. âPersonal,â Chaney wrote as the purpose of the expenditure, according to his finance report filed last week.
Before he wrapped up a 16-year career in the state Senate last year, J.P. Wilemon, a Democrat from Belmont, pocketed $12,016 that was leftover in his campaign account, a filing shows.
Lawmakers passed campaign finance reforms in 2017 following embarrassing reports by the Clarion Ledger that showed how officials had spent donations on everything from childrenâs parties, to cars, to an $800 pair of cowboy boots. Yet a grandfather clause inserted into the legislation essentially let the unregulated spending continue â as long as politicians used money raise
Mississippi bill would allow compensation for student-athletes
State lawmakers consider bill that would allow college athletes in Mississippi to profit from their name, image and likeness Share Updated: 9:49 PM CST Jan 28, 2021
Mississippi bill would allow compensation for student-athletes
State lawmakers consider bill that would allow college athletes in Mississippi to profit from their name, image and likeness Share Updated: 9:49 PM CST Jan 28, 2021
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Show Transcript TONIGHT KEEGAN. WALTER WHITE HOUSE MEMBERS TELL ME THIS BILL WOULD APPLY TO STUDENT ATHLETES AT ALL FOUR YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN MISSISSIPPI. IT WOULD ALLOW THAT ATHLETE TO RETAIN AN AGENT AND PROFIT FROM THE USE OF THEIR NAME IMAGE OR LIKENESS BACK IN 2014 A FEDERAL JUDGE RULED THE NCAA CANNOT PROHIBIT STUDENT ATHLETES FROM SELLING THE RIGHTS TO THEIR NAME IMAGE OR LIKENESS AND NOW STATES THEIR OWN PROPOSALS REGARDING STUDENT ATHLETE COMPENSATION, CALIFORN