Michigan Lawmakers OK Bills To Let College Athletes Be Paid

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From the Associated Press — Lawmakers have given final approval to bills that would clear the way for college athletes to be paid for the use of their names, images or likeness rights – putting Michigan on the cusp of becoming the fourth state with such a law. In-state schools, the NCAA and athletic conferences could not block student-athletes from being compensated under a bill that Governor Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign. A second measure would no longer make it a crime for agents to enter into contracts with student-athletes. The NCAA is drawing up new rules to let athletes become paid sponsors.