The National College Players Association, an advocacy group for student-athlete rights, asked members of Congress in a letter sent on Thursday to "pursue broad-based reform" instead of adopting into law bills that would preempt any state-level compensation for student-athletes, according to a copy of the letter provided to USA TODAY Sports.
"College athlete name, image, and likeness pay is the smoke that hovers above the raging fire of injustices at the core of NCAA sports," wrote Ramogi Huma, the association's executive director. "College athletes’ economic, academic, and physical well-being continue to be consumed by an insatiable greed and a mentality that treats players as property rather than people.