The NCAA, the Power Five conferences, and their $2 million platoon of lobbyists had a pretty good year on Capitol Hill in 2020. "I think the Power Five and NCAA proposals are dead in the water. "At this point, all they can do is play defense, which is what we were doing at first. The NCAA and the Power Five had sought a federal solution, arguing that individual states granting earning power to athletes would give an unfair recruiting advantage to schools in those states. Earlier this month, the NCAA put its own NIL legislation on hold, angering some Democrats in Congress.

Source: Fox News January 26, 2021 18:33 UTC