By the state clearly outlining that it is ok for college athletes/students to profit from their likenesses it makes it against the law for those institutions to take action against the students and the NCAA as well. They have no standing as the schools are governed by the laws of the states they reside in above all else.Captain 97 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2019 3:33 pmI don't understand what this bill is accomplishing. As the law stands now It is not currently illegal from a criminal or civil standpoint for college athletes to profit from their likeness. The government is not preventing them from doing this. It is purely a question of competitive eligibility with a non governmental entity (The NCAA).
So while previously any student athletes who were found to have made/received funds through non-employment means could be suspended or ruled ineligble, etc by the NCAA, now the NCAA can't do that for student athletes attending CA universities beginning in 2023.
This is big time because come 2023, I'll be stunned if there aren't at least 30 states that have added the same legislation to their books.