California Bill to pay NCAA Athletes
A state bill in California is fighting back against the NCAA in regards to paying their athletes. The bill would let NCAA athletes get payed for their likeness while in college. It would also allow them to sign endorsement deals which has never been allowed before.
This bill is monumental for college sports because it is the first time that college athletes will be able to make money while in college based off their performance.
This issue has been talked about for a long time, but has recently got significantly more press. This is largely due to the emergence of Zion Williamson to the NCAA basketball scene. Now drafted to the New Orleans Pelicans, he took the college sports world by storm. His viscous dunks and thunderous blocks drew significant attention to the sport.
Both Duke University, where Zion played, and the NCAA made a ton of money of Zion's success, but he made none. Is this fair? The answer to that question is simply no. While he did receive a scholarship to attend the university, that hardly compensates him for the amount of money and attention that he brought to both Duke and the NCAA.
As a college athlete myself, it is hard enough to find time to do my homework after a long day of practice, workouts, and film sessions. This makes it almost impossible for me to go out and find a job while I am here. If I were able to make money off endorsements it would at least allow me to make money while at school.
I do not believe that I deserve the amount of money that Zion does, but I would at least like the opportunity to earn enough to pay for the odd meal off campus. While Zion deserves millions of dollars in compensation, other NCAA athletes do not. The idea is not to pay the athletes equally, but to at least give them the opportunity to make money based of their performances and likeness.
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