CLEMSON — Early Thursday morning, a new bill in Michigan was introduced that will ban schools from complying with NIL investigations and prohibit required reporting of NIL deals to the NCAA, the College Sports Commission and Deloitte.
This bill will contradict new enforcement rules and will require schools to break the affiliation agreement they plan to sign. The state of Tennessee introduced a similar bill to its legislative body last month, which is known as Bill No. 536.
What does all of this mean?
It means these two states have started an attack where they hope to blow up plans from the NCAA and the four power conferences to police revenue-sharing in college sports, while taking aim at the athlete compensation cap, the severe penalties for rule-breakers and the policies that prevent phony booster-backed NIL deals to players.