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Panel Considers NIL Protections to Prevent Perpetual Contracts for College Athletes
Summary
Proponents including the NFL Players Association and athlete-advocacy groups urged the committee to back House Bill 184, which they said would limit name, image and likeness contracts to student-athletes’ period of college eligibility and guard against exploitative long-term assignments of rights.
Proponents of House Bill 184 told the House Workforce and Higher Education Committee the bill would protect college athletes from predatory or perpetual name, image and likeness (NIL) agreements and help preserve athletes’ future professional opportunities.
Andrew Morris, public policy counsel for the NFL Players Association, said recent market practices have produced contracts that can bind athletes to unfavorable…
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