In October 2019, the NCAA's board voted to drop its longstanding opposition to compensation for the use of an athlete's name, image or likeness. At the start of this month, after a handful of states took matters into their own hands, the NCAA began to allow its college athletes to benefit financially. Howitt said 24 states have already passed name, image and likeness legislation. Finegold's bill would require prospective agents for college athletes to go through a "comprehensive public registration process" and would lay out specific standards for contracts between agents and student athletes. Chairwoman Sen. Anne Gobi said Tuesday that the committee "will absolutely take a look at what some other states are doing."

Source: MetroXpress July 14, 2021 10:30 UTC