If there was a vote for California governor this week, the incumbent would surely receive the athlete vote.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that he had signed the “Fair Pay to Play Act”, which will allow college athletes in California to sign with agents and be paid for endorsements beginning in 2023.
The law is in direct opposition to the NCAA’s model of restricting athletes’ ability to profit off their own likenesses, and college sports’ organizing body campaigned hard against the bill.
The Bay Area’s two most outspoken former college athletes said their piece Monday after Newsom signed Senate Bill 206.