Associated Press
Michigan State defenders Antjuan Simmons, top, and Tre Person, right, tackle Penn State quarterback Will Levis in State College, Pa., on Saturday. (AP photo)
LANSING Lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to bills that would clear the way for college athletes to be paid for the use of their names, images or likeness rights putting Michigan on the cusp of becoming at least the fourth state with such a law.
In-state schools, the NCAA and athletic conferences could not block student-athletes from being compensated under a bill that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign. A second measure would no longer make it a crime for agents to enter into contracts with student-athletes.
College athletes in Michigan could soon make money from endorsements
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
Posted Dec 16, 2020
Michigan State forward Gabe Brown (44) goes up for a layup against Detroit Mercy guard Bul Kuol (10) in the second half of their college basketball game at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, on Friday, December 4, 2020. Michigan State won the game, 83-76. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)Mike Mulholland | MLive.com
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An effort to let collegiate student-athletes in Michigan accept endorsement deals and profit from other uses of their name, image and likeness is headed to the governor’s desk.
House Bills 5217 and 5218, sponsored by Reps. Brandt Iden, R-Oshtemo Twp., and Joseph Tate, D-Detroit, cleared the Michigan Senate in 35-3 votes Wednesday, days before the current legislative session ends.
Grand Rapids Business Journal
LANSING Lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to bills that would clear the way for college athletes to be paid for the use of their names, images or likeness rights putting Michigan on the cusp of becoming at least the fourth state with such a law.
In-state schools, the NCAA and athletic conferences could not block student-athletes from being compensated under a bill that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign. A second measure would no longer make it a crime for agents to enter into contracts with student-athletes.
The NCAA, pressured by states that started acting on their own, is drawing up new rules to let athletes become paid sponsors – able to earn money for endorsement deals, for appearances and for promoting products or events on social media accounts.
Michigan Sports
Dec 17, 2020
Michigan State defenders Antjuan Simmons, top, and Tre Person, right, tackle Penn State quarterback Will Levis in State College, Pa., on Saturday. (AP photo)
By DAVID EGGERT
Associated Press
LANSING, Mich. (AP) Lawmakers on Wednesday gave final approval to bills that would clear the way for college athletes to be paid for the use of their names, images or likeness rights putting Michigan on the cusp of becoming at least the fourth state with such a law.
In-state schools, the NCAA and athletic conferences could not block student-athletes from being compensated under a bill that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign. A second measure would no longer make it a crime for agents to enter into contracts with student-athletes.