Post by tsu120 on Aug 5, 2019 13:16:10 GMT -5
State lawmaker proposes bill to compensate college athletes after they graduate
NASHVILLE, Tenn (WTVF) — Ticket sales, merchandise and broadcasting helps bring in a lot of money for the NCAA, but one local lawmaker wants some of that cash to go toward the student athletes.
Some sports fans are divided on the issue behind paying college athletes, but William Anderson says it should be done.
"The colleges are making money. The NCAA is making money. The players should get money; either weekly, monthly or at the end of the year or the end of their careers," said Anderson
But there's a $1 million plan to help pay Tennessee student athletes once they graduate from a four-year public division 1 NCAA school.
"There are billions of dollars being made off of these student athletes and they don't get to see a dime for the most part," said Representative Antonio Parkinson.
Parkinson says under his legislation , NCAA division I athletic programs would deposit 1% of the money they make from ticket and merchandise sales, and TV licensing agreements into a trust fund for the athletes.
www.newschannel5.com/news/state-lawmaker-proposes-bill-to-compensate-college-athletes-after-they-graduate
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) - A new resolution proposed by a Tennessee lawmaker would force public universities to start planning to pay college athletes
"People are making millions of dollars off of these players, coaches are making millions of dollars and yet the players are getting paid nothing and I think that's fundamentally unfair," said State Senator Brian Kelsey, District 31.
State Senator Brian Kelsey's resolution would require Tennessee's public universities like the University of Memphis to work with their athletic conferences to find a way to pay players like Jeremiah Martin.
"My hope is that this moves this conversation forward and that we can finally get these players the compensation that they deserve," said Kelsey.
www.wmcactionnews5.com/2019/03/17/bill-proposed-pay-college-athletes-tn/