[LATIMES] Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that will allow Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, athletes to earn money from the use of their names, images and likenesses, despite warnings from the National Collegiate Athletic Assn. that the measure would upend amateur sports.
Senate Bill 206 by Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) garnered national attention, with athletes including NBA stars LeBron James and Draymond Green lauding the California effort to give college athletes a share of the windfall they help create for their universities and NCAA. The bill passed the state Legislature unanimously.
Newsom signed the bill on an episode of Uninterrupted’s talk show "The Shop" with James, WNBA’s Diana Taurasi and former UCLA basketball player Ed O’Bannon, saying the new law addresses a "major problem for the NCAA." The episode was recorded Friday but released Monday, according to Newsom’s office. |