The NCAA, with a nudge from legislative proposals in Congress and various state houses, has appointed a working group to start looking at issues around who controls student athlete images, names and likeness.
We don’t know the ins-and-outs here but we do know that indeed, many bills have been introduced including one, we think, in North Carolina.
There are certainly Title IX issues here and if you pay the revenue sports as things currently exist, then you have to pay crew and volleyball too. And while we’re not experts, we’re pretty sure there would be lawsuits if you paid football and basketball more.