On Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that could change college sports by — for the first time — guaranteeing athletes the right to make money off their name, image and likeness. You know, like the coaches do.
This move is long overdue and, even though it doesn’t take effect for four years, it puts the NCAA in a bind.
Since its inception, college athletics has operated with a plantation mentality in which universities and coaches rake in ridiculous amounts of money, thanks to the unpaid labor of student-athletes who never see any of it.