WKU Athletics: NCAA Vote Allows Athletes to Profit From Their Likeness
In a shocking announcement, the NCAA has voted unanimously to allow players to profit from their likeness.
This definitely comes as a big surprise after the NCAA had fought against the idea for quite some time but with California passing SB-206 and other states following suite with a similar bill, the NCAA finally came to their senses and voted to allow players to profit from their name, image, and likeness (NIL). The proposal would create sort of like an unrestricted market for players to seek endorsement deals. They are aiming to implement the new rules by January of 2021.
Full details of the decision can be found in an article published by ESPN here but for the NCAA to allow any legal steps for players to profit from their likeness is a big step for the NCAA and will in some way affect WKU.
We were able to speak with WKU Athletic Director Todd Stewart earlier this month about SB-206 and along with discussion about NIL and he mentioned that the current model was heading toward change which now looks to be the case. You can read and listen to his full comments here.
It will be interesting to read the full details once more is ironed out but this will most certainly change the landscape of college athletics. Just a personal thing if but it brings back NCAA video games I’m definitely all for it. Here’s to hoping we can play as WKU in NCAAF or NCAAB 2022.
