Former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is starting his new job as president of the NCAA this week. At the top of his to-do list is getting a handle on name, image and likeness compensation for college athletes.
As Charlie Baker takes over as NCAA president, he brings a different way of thinking about one of the most important and polarizing issues in college athletics: regulating how student-athletes monetize their fame.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Baker paraphrased a quote he read recently from an athletic director:"The only thing that’s true about NIL is everybody’s lying and whatever you hear about it, basically, don’t believe it.”Baker, the former governor of Massachusetts, was hired in December There had been plenty of talk and some posturing by politicians in Washington about the state of college sports before the NCAA lifted its ban onSince then, there has been no significant movement on a federal bill. Meanwhile, more than 30 states have passed NIL laws, creating a patchwork of rules and regulations for schools that are competing and recruiting against one another.
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