.@TimTebow passionately expresses his thoughts on the California Senate passing a bill allowing student-athletes to have endorsements. pic.twitter.com/W5uBW7ePNm
— First Take (@FirstTake) September 13, 2019California lawmakers passed a bill on Monday that would allow college athletes to be paid for the use of their names and likeness—a concept that is strictly forbidden by the NCAA.
The NCAA Board of Governors sent a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom stating their disapproval (obviously).
They wrote that, if passed, the bill known as “The Fair Pay to Play Act” would “erase the critical distinction between college and professional athletes because it gives those schools an unfair recruiting advantage, (it) would result in them eventually being unable to compete in NCAA competitions.