@Tyler James and @Eric Hansen - with several states pushing to pass bills that fly in the face of the recent NIL Settlement, will the main provisions for enforcement be basically useless or will the NCAA look to take other actions?
I bring this up, because a Bill (HB 4643) recently introduced in Michigan would make it illegal for state schools to comply with reporting NIL agreements and empower the AG to sue on behalf of the student-athletes if the schools were to comply with the NCAA. It also has language making it illegal for the NCAA to enforce any NIL compliance penalties against in-state schools.
From HB 4643:
“A postsecondary educational institution shall not do any of the following:
(b) Comply with any investigations, regulations, or rules of an athletic association, conference, or organization with authority over intercollegiate sports related to agency agreements, NIL agreements, NIL compensation, or NIL activities.
(c) Report any information about prospective or current college athletes' NIL agreements or NIL compensation, individually or in aggregate, to an athletic association, conference, or organization with authority over intercollegiate sports.
(2) The attorney general may bring a civil action on behalf of an aggrieved person as described in subsection (1) for damages to be paid to that person and for injunctive relief.”
I bring this up, because a Bill (HB 4643) recently introduced in Michigan would make it illegal for state schools to comply with reporting NIL agreements and empower the AG to sue on behalf of the student-athletes if the schools were to comply with the NCAA. It also has language making it illegal for the NCAA to enforce any NIL compliance penalties against in-state schools.
From HB 4643:
“A postsecondary educational institution shall not do any of the following:
(b) Comply with any investigations, regulations, or rules of an athletic association, conference, or organization with authority over intercollegiate sports related to agency agreements, NIL agreements, NIL compensation, or NIL activities.
(c) Report any information about prospective or current college athletes' NIL agreements or NIL compensation, individually or in aggregate, to an athletic association, conference, or organization with authority over intercollegiate sports.
(2) The attorney general may bring a civil action on behalf of an aggrieved person as described in subsection (1) for damages to be paid to that person and for injunctive relief.”
