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Florida House votes 113-0 to effectively repeal name, image, likeness law (aka this is a good thing)

Cookie917 said:
Still no pay for play, but the schools can be involved.
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Mikeiavelli said:
So does this harm or help our opposition...like FSU and The Turds? They use collectives. This still keeps collectives as actually against the rules right?
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IMO it does nothing for the collectives. It essentially allows the school to be involved and talk with the kids and help out with NIL. All the NCAA laws about no pay for play, or using it to induce someone are still there.

The issue for the collectives have been they are not a legit business. It is a charity, fans donate and the $ then goes to the kids on their favorite team. The spirit behind NIL was so a recruit like Trevor Lawerence could theoretically sign with Nike and make money while he is still in college. Same with Lifewallet, legit existing company wanting kids to market for their company and LW has other kids from other teams doing the same. So this new change does nothing for the collectives and that issue.

Could you imagine UF fanbase is they found out the Gator Collective decided to give $ to ANY kid not on UF's team?
 
miamicanephins said:
The Florida House of Representatives quickly approved a bill Thursday that would effectively repeal the state’s name, image and likeness (NIL) law.


The 113-0 vote during the special session was uneventful and without public objection. The bill, HB 7B, next moves to the Senate, where it’s also expected to face little opposition. An identical bill (filed in the regular session) breezed through a Senate committee Wednesday.



“This bill,” its sponsor, Rep. Chip LaMarca, said, “will allow Florida to remain competitive with every other state that our collegiate athletes compete against while ensuring that we prepare them for their future, possible opportunities and most importantly the tools to make them successful in promoting their individual brand — their name, image and likeness.”


Florida is not competitive, the Republican from Lighthouse Point has argued, because Florida’s law is more restrictive than some other states. Specifically, it prohibits coaches, schools and support organizations from directing name, image and likeness compensation toward players. That could be a disadvantage in recruiting — one that also means fewer opportunities for state athletes. Teams and coaches will still have to follow NCAA rules, which ban pay-for-play deals, paying players directly and using NIL offers as recruiting or retention inducements.
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Lighthouse Point! That’s my hometown! LHP represent!
 
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miamicanephins said:
The Florida House of Representatives quickly approved a bill Thursday that would effectively repeal the state’s name, image and likeness (NIL) law.


The 113-0 vote during the special session was uneventful and without public objection. The bill, HB 7B, next moves to the Senate, where it’s also expected to face little opposition. An identical bill (filed in the regular session) breezed through a Senate committee Wednesday.



“This bill,” its sponsor, Rep. Chip LaMarca, said, “will allow Florida to remain competitive with every other state that our collegiate athletes compete against while ensuring that we prepare them for their future, possible opportunities and most importantly the tools to make them successful in promoting their individual brand — their name, image and likeness.”


Florida is not competitive, the Republican from Lighthouse Point has argued, because Florida’s law is more restrictive than some other states. Specifically, it prohibits coaches, schools and support organizations from directing name, image and likeness compensation toward players. That could be a disadvantage in recruiting — one that also means fewer opportunities for state athletes. Teams and coaches will still have to follow NCAA rules, which ban pay-for-play deals, paying players directly and using NIL offers as recruiting or retention inducements.
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As far as state level politicians go, LaMarca is actually a good and competent dude- despite being a Nole sympathizer. I wish our esteemed governor would take a break from other stuff and task LaMarca with trying to expedite the return of legal sports betting in this supposedly freedom luvin' state.

But back this "repeal" specifically- as others have said, it's a good thing.
 
Cookie917 said:
The bill, if passed, does 3 things:

1. requires schools to add a workshop for financial literacy, life skills, basically what to do with your money;
2. protects teams/coaches from a liability standpoint in the event they bench a kid and it impacts his NIL; and

3. (WHICH IS THE BIG ONE) allows the school to be directly involved with NIL. Still no pay for play, but the schools can be involved.
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3 is the issue that helps the most. Texas had a big advantage with their state law.
 
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For those who have either not read the law, or don’t understand the law and are wondering whether this is good or bad, ask yourself one hard question.
Considering that every Republican and Democrat in the Florida House voted for the bill, do you still wonder if it is good or bad for Florida universities?
Unanimous! We don’t even have unanimous votes for creating holidays and giving people a day off from work.

And FYI, the universities must have lobbied FOR these changes as number 2 is civil protection for the universities from disgruntled athletes arguing that a coach hurt his/her NIL money due to playing time. And number 3 put FL universities on the same recruiting level as universities in other states.
 
AtlAtty said:
For those who have either not read the law, or don’t understand the law and are wondering whether this is good or bad, ask yourself one hard question.
Considering that every Republican and Democrat in the Florida House voted for the bill, do you still wonder if it is good or bad for Florida universities?
Unanimous! We don’t even have unanimous votes for creating holidays and giving people a day off from work.

And FYI, the universities must have lobbied FOR these changes as number 2 is civil protection for the universities from disgruntled athletes arguing that a coach hurt his/her NIL money due to playing time. And number 3 put FL universities on the same recruiting level as universities in other states.
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It was only a matter of time before the law was changed. It was giving other states a big advantage over Florida schools.
 
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