Commissioner Sankey took an opportunity Monday to call for federal action on the name, image, and likeness laws in the United States.
“Our student-athletes deserve something better than a race to the bottom at the state legislature level,” Sankey said. “As the efforts are made to create what are perceived as a competitive edge through state laws that are not overseen.”
He continued, “If states will not enforce the laws, and states are going to prohibit the NCAA or conferences from enforcing these reasonable policies, Congressional action is then the only way to provide a national uniform standard for name, image, and likeness activity and to draw the lines around the boundaries that do not become simply pay for play.”
