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In this file photo from May 16, 2018, Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., speaks during a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The latest federal bill related to college sports would allow athletes to earn money from endorsements, loosen restrictions around transfers and permit players to return to school after entering a professional league’s draft.
The proposed legislation introduced Wednesday by Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., also would require the wealthiest athletic programs to increase spending on long-term medical care for athletes.
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There has been a flurry of activity in the name, image, likeness (“NIL”) arena over the past several months. We previously discussed the NCAA’s about-face decision to permit student-athlete compensation, as well as related ongoing state and federal efforts, here, and the NCAA NIL Working Group’s recommendations here. Recently, the NCAA’s formal approval of its proposed rule permitting NIL compensation for certain endeavors by student-athletes was stymied by a January 8, 2021 letter from the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. In the letter, then Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim cautioned that the NCAA’s planned approach to regulate NIL “may raise concerns under the antitrust laws.”
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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.