For months, the NCAA has asked Congress to craft friendly uniform legislation to govern athlete compensation.
Now, it is doing it in writing.
The NCAA has presented Congressional members its version of a proposal for name, image and likeness (NIL) that skews bold. The governing body of college athletics is asking for lawmakers to grant it antitrust protection, preemption from differing state NIL laws and to allow it to craft all rules on athlete compensation. Sports Illustrated obtained a copy of what the NCAA refers to as “The Intercollegiate Amateur Sports Act of 2020,” which is similar in nature to the Power 5’s NIL proposal that SI obtained earlier this month.