UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank says college athletics administrators need to keep Title IX in mind in discussions about how to incorporate athletes' rights to profit from their name, image and likeness.
STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVESUW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank said college athletics' "only alternative" in response to multiple states passing or considering laws allowing athletes to capitalize on their name, image and likeness is to seek clarity through federal legislation.
That, however, gives Blank some pause.
In her yearly speech to the University of Wisconsin Athletic Board last Friday, Blank made note of the California law set to go into effect in 2023 and those with earlier start dates from different states.