Monday, May 13

Supreme Court unanimously opposes NCAA restrictions on student-athlete benefits

The highest court in America has sided with the players. In a monumental decision Monday, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of college athletes, declaring that the NCAA cannot limit education-related benefits for student-athletes. Read more...

Photo: The Supreme Court declared that the NCAA cannot limit education-related benefits for student-athletes in a unanimous 9-0 vote Monday, potentially paving the way to monumental changes in the college sports landscape. (Creative Commons photo by Kurt Kaiser via Wikimedia Commons)



NCAA expresses support for student-athlete name, image and likeness compensation

The movement started in California early last year is nearing a resolution – collegiate athletes will soon get paid.  The NCAA Board of Governors said Wednesday that it is moving forward with allowing student-athletes to profit off of their name, image and likeness from advertisers and other forms of work. Read more...

Photo: The NCAA announced Wednesday that it was moving forward with allowing student-athletes to profit off of their name, image and likeness. (Daily Bruin file photo)



NCAA votes to allow student-athletes to profit from name, image, likeness

This post was updated at 1:17pm The NCAA Board of Governors announced Tuesday morning it voted unanimously to allow collegiate athletes to earn money from their name, image and likeness. Read more...

Photo: The NCAA Board of Governors voted to update its laws to allow student-athletes to earn money, as long as they’re not compensated directly from their sports. The vote came about a month after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill to implement similar legislation in California universities. (Liz Ketcham/Photo editor)


The Quad: A breakdown of SB 206, which allows student-athletes to monetize their likenesses

From within courtrooms to posts on LeBron James’ Instagram, the discussion of student-athletes’ name, image and likeness rights has seemingly come to an end. Not only is the bill a media magnet, but with articles titled “Free labor from college athletes may soon come to an end,” and “Should College Athletes Be Allowed to Get Paid?,” California Senate Bill 206 is bound to raise some eyebrows and shine a light on the interminable debate of student-athlete employability. Read more...

Photo: The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, signed SB 206 into law Sept. 30. The bill will allow student-athletes to be paid for use of their image and likeness in media starting in January 2023. (Photo by Kanishka Mehra/Assistant Photo editor, Photo illustration by Andrea Grigsby/Illustrations Director)