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College Athletes’ Rights

By Roy Monaro ·

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The NCAA took a dramatic step last Wednesday toward allowing college athletes to earn income for things like product endorsements and social media content. With state legislatures across the country passing or looking into laws that would allow for college athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness and members of Congress also sounding the alarm on the issue, what the NCAA announced Wednesday represents a significant change from prior NCAA policy.

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