NCAA To Study Who Controls What About Athletic Images, Likeness And Names

Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - APRIL 08: Brandone Francis #1 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders reacts after his teams 85-77 loss to the Virginia Cavaliers during the 2019 NCAA men’s Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.The NCAA, with a nudge from legislative proposals in Congress and various state houses, has appointed a working group to start looking at issues around who controls student athlete images, names and likeness.

We don’t know the ins-and-outs here but we do know that indeed, many bills have been introduced including one, we think, in North Carolina.

There are certainly Title IX issues here…