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The state of Florida is the latest state to have a bill filed that aims to allow student-athletes to be compensated for their name and likeness.
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Earlier on Monday, California Governor Gavin Newsomsigned the Fair Pay to Play Act, which will guarantee student-athletes in the state of California will have the right to market their name, image, and likeness, thus dropping the gauntlet against the NCAA. Hours later, the state of Florida is following California’s lead.

House Bill 251 was officially filed by Kionne McGhee (D) in the Florida House of Representatives. Similar to its predecessor in California and other bills starting to go through various state governmental procedures, the Florida bill aims to prevent the NCAA and colleges from blocking student-athletes from receiving compensation for the use of their likeness or name.

Similar bills have recently been filed in South Carolina and New York, and more could very well be on the way now that the first domino has fallen in California. The bill filed in New York would also potentially allow a student-athlete to hir an agent and receive an even distribution directly from the school’s athletics revenue with every other student-athlete on campus. The South Carolina bill is more in line with the basics of the California law.

We’re not about to see college football implode or anything that drastic, but these are significant developments with the game and all collegiate athletics. The NCAA hates it, but the public opinion on the matter continues to shift away from the NCAA’s stance. Not everybody is on board (many coaches have voiced their concerns despite their million-dollar contracts), but there may not be a lot that can be done if state governments are stepping in and addressing this issue.
 
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Simple if athletes are getting paid they should not receive scholarship money. Have them pay taxes and their own way to play football. If you also think about it why would a kid who is getting paid go play college football instead of now going straight to like the xfl. This could be the end of college sports
 
drewm3i said:
No it is not, it is the end of USC and Miami.

What is to stop Billy Bob's auto repair from paying an Alabama player $1,000,000 (funneled of course from boosters) for appearing on a billboard? You think Miami has businesses who care enough to do things like that?
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What I meant was the I rather have my face in Miami then up there. Also there are more international companies in Miami then AL or GA ( minus Car makers )
 
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drewm3i said:
No it is not, it is the end of USC and Miami.

What is to stop Billy Bob's auto repair from paying an Alabama player $1,000,000 (funneled of course from boosters) for appearing on a billboard? You think Miami has businesses who care enough to do things like that?
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Gotta love these hypotheticals. This would never happen. They pay one player a mil to be a billboard what happens in that locker when his teammates sees he got a mil and billboard and they got a Happy meal at McDonald's?
 
drewm3i said:
No it is not, it is the end of USC and Miami.

What is to stop Billy Bob's auto repair from paying an Alabama player $1,000,000 (funneled of course from boosters) for appearing on a billboard? You think Miami has businesses who care enough to do things like that?
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Why would they even need to go through Bob's Auto repair?
 
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drewm3i said:
No it is not, it is the end of USC and Miami.

What is to stop Billy Bob's auto repair from paying an Alabama player $1,000,000 (funneled of course from boosters) for appearing on a billboard? You think Miami has businesses who care enough to do things like that?
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USC & UM hould flourish with this new law. Which, btw, doesn't go into effect until 2023. Only programs that will suffer are schools in states that DON'T pass this type legislation. SEC states all care big-time about football so I'm sure their legislatures will pass a corresponding law to ensure they remain competitive.
 
moshated305 said:
Gotta love these hypotheticals. This would never happen. They pay one player a mil to be a billboard what happens in that locker when his teammates sees he got a mil and billboard and they got a Happy meal at McDonald's?
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A million was a joke for effect. But they already pay 100-200k routinely and their teammates know it bc we know it. People always talk and things always get out. It will just make it taxable. That’s the only change. If anything I expect these higher end SEC kids to make more - the under the table money plus the likeness money later. Now when they buy $30-40k cars, thousands in tattoos and things it would be do blatant bc they’ll have income.
 
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drewm3i said:
No it is not, it is the end of USC and Miami.

What is to stop Billy Bob's auto repair from paying an Alabama player $1,000,000 (funneled of course from boosters) for appearing on a billboard? You think Miami has businesses who care enough to do things like that?
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If the proposed bills are for Florida and Cali then how would Alabama be involved??? The players in Bama wouldn't be able to market themselves...
 
clevelandcane81 said:
Simple if athletes are getting paid they should not receive scholarship money. Have them pay taxes and their own way to play football. If you also think about it why would a kid who is getting paid go play college football instead of now going straight to like the xfl. This could be the end of college sports
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Even if the XFL could ever become a legit league and started drafting kids right out of high school, it would have virtually no impact on CFB. CFB exists and will continue to exist because of fans that are rabid about their school. That’s not going anywhere.
 
miamicanephins said:
The IRS
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Wrong. They won’t do it that way. They will do it through appearance fees and speaking fees. Booster clubs will contract with recruits to come speak at a booster meeting for huge sums and there is literally nothing illegal about that and nothing the IRS can or would do about it, except of course require the kid to pay taxes.
 
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Canes1968 said:
Wrong. They won’t do it that way. They will do it through appearance fees and speaking fees. Booster clubs will contract with recruits to come speak at a booster meeting for huge sums and there is literally nothing illegal about that and nothing the IRS can of would do about it, except of course require the kid to pay taxes.
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Again, this is about college players not high school recruits so your theory is nothing but fiction.
 
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