Unverified Voracity Has More Bills Than A Platypus Convention
Brian
December 17th, 2020 at 1:56 PM
Yet another NIL bill. This one is from a couple of Democratic senators and is less a name and image bill than a complete overhaul of the NCAA. It includes name and image rights, naturally, but keeps going. The biggest component:
• Athletes in sports that generate more revenue than the total amount of money that is spent on scholarships in that sport would be entitled to share 50% of the money left after scholarships are paid. In FBS-level football, for example, the commission would add together the revenue generated by all 130 football programs and subtract the total costs of scholarships at all those programs. Half of the money that is left would be distributed evenly among all players at the FBS level. The sports that currently generate enough money to qualify for this revenue sharing, according to Booker s office, are football (both FBS and FCS levels), men s and women s basket