It’s no secret to anyone who’s paid any attention to the world of college football recruiting that the recent NCAA changes to its name, image, and likeness (NIL) policy have caused quite a bit of chaos in recent years and months. And after two full football seasons with the updated policies, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey still doesn’t have a lot of answer for fixing it.
Congress hasn’t established a national law regarding the compensation for their NIL, so the NCAA and schools are left to navigate several different state laws on the issue. And there’s no evidence that the state has done anything to enforce those laws.
“I’m not aware of any enforcement action from a state, whether it’s the attorney general or others assigned the enforcement,” Greg Sankey said according to On3.
In fact, Sankey alleges that some states are intentionally passing lax laws or refusing to enforce their laws to give their schools a competitive advantage.
“One of the adaptations we’ve seen, which we predicted, is that states would become competitive,” Sankey said. “Their legislatures and legislators would say, ‘Look, we designed a pretty effective law.’ I think Florida is an example. ‘And now we’re going to pull back from that because the next state over has a recruiting advantage.’ Or, ‘We just won’t have any laws.’”
It’s certainly a concerning situation, and Sankey makes it clear that he still wants to find a solution.
“I’m actually constantly reminded that we have a responsibility every day to figure out the path forward given the pressures, and the complexity of the problems indicates there’s no ‘easy’ button where they’re just solved,” Sankey said.
[On3]
