Sens. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., and Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., on Tuesday announced that they have introduced a bill pertaining to college sports, including athletes’ activities in making money from their name, image and likeness (NIL).
The bill comes days after another bipartisan effort at a college sports bill was launched by Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.; Jerry Moran, R-Kan.; and Cory Booker, D-N.J., who unveiled a discussion draft of a bill.
Tuberville, a former college football head coach, and Manchin have been working on their proposal for over year – and, according to their announcement, their measure would establish a national standard for NIL activities, preempting varying state laws around the enterprise and including the implementation of a uniform standard contract for NIL deals.