Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban on Friday was announced as one of several invitees to participate in a bipartisan roundtable aimed at codifying NIL regulations in college football.
The roundtable, hosted by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is set to take place on Tuesday. Per a release from Cruz’s office, the discussion will feature “some of the biggest names in college sports” and will focus on the “urgent need for Congress to find consensus and pass bipartisan legislation to codify name, image and likeness (NIL) rights for student-athletes.”
Cruz released draft legislation on codifying NIL regulations in August 2023 that, among other items, aims to prohibit the restriction of student-athletes’ NIL rights while creating a national standard form contract for NIL agreements.
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Saban, who retired as Alabama football’s coach on Jan. 10, is one of several notable names invited to attend the roundtable, including Crimson Tide athletic director Greg Byrne. The full list of invitees include:
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas
Sen. Jerry Morgan, R-Kan.
Retired Alabama football coach Nick Saban
Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne
ACC commissioner Jim Phillips
TCU women’s basketball player Haley Cavinder
Former Miami women’s basketball player Hanna Cavinder
The Collective Association president Russell White
NIL attorney Darren Heitner
Nick Saban comments on college football
Saban has spoken at length about the state of college football since his retirement. In an interview with ESPN on Feb. 22, the retired Alabama coach said he wants to “help any way I can” to improve college football, adding that “what we have now is not college football — not college football as we know it.”
Added Saban:
“What you have now isn’t name, image and…
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Author : The Tuscaloosa News
Publish date : 2024-03-08 18:21:24
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