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Committee debates bill to ban raffles aimed at funding athlete NIL payments; outcome uncertain in committee
Summary
Rep. Jim Wooten proposed banning raffles that raise money specifically to pay student athletes’ NIL income, drawing questions from committee members about the bill’s effects on university fundraising and constitutional limits.
Representative Jim Wooten (District 59) told the committee he filed legislation to amend the Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act to bar raffles that would provide money specifically to fund student athletes under the Arkansas Student Athletic Publicity Rights Act. "This bill simply states it's an act to amend the charitable bingo and raffles enabling act to prohibit raffles to provide funding for student athletes under the Arkansas Student Athletic Publicity Rights Act," Wooten said, framing the measure as a response to growing costs associated with name, image and likeness (NIL) spending.
Wooten argued that…
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