09/14/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/14/2022 17:14
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today reintroduced the Collegiate Athlete Compensation Rights Act to create a national framework for student athlete name, image, and likeness (NIL) compensation that protects students from exploitation and preserves amateurism in college sports.
"The student-athlete experience has become an essential part of American athleticism and competition. To protect the players, maintain a level playing field in college sports, and preserve as much as we can of the amateur nature of college sports, it is imperative that Congress establish a uniform set of standards governing the NIL marketplace," Wicker said. "This renewed proposal will help protect college athletes' right to enter into name, image, and likeness agreements, while also ensuring that these agreements are not pay-for-play schemes or incentives for college commitments or transfers."
The Collegiate Athlete Compensation Rights Act would:
Click here to read the bill.