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Tag: NAME IMAGE AND LIKENESS

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Nick Saban on NIL: 'All the things that I believed in for all these years ... no longer exist in college athletics'

College football in the NIL era is headed towards a “caste system” where success is based on how much college programs pay players, according to former University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban.

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Alabama AD Greg Byrne, Nick Saban joining Ted Cruz NIL roundtable discussion

Alabama athletics director Greg Byrne and former Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban will participate in a name, image, and likeness roundtable in Washington, D.C. next week with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).

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Tuberville says NIL legislation would protect women's sports — 'There’s only so much of the pie that goes around'

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) recently said his proposed Name, Image and Likeness legislation will help defend women’s sports in Universities nationwide.

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Tuberville: College football will 'break away' from NCAA if NIL isn't settled

In a Thursday appearance on Tuscaloosa radio's Tide 100.9, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) declared that a lack of regulating NIL would cause a massive shift in the college football world.

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Tuberville files name, image, likeness legislation for college sports

U.S. Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) filed legislation regulating the name, image, likeness (NIL) college sports on Tuesday.

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Tuberville hopes to submit NIL bill soon — 'Our bill is finished, and it's ready to go'

In a call with reporters on Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) announced that his NIL legislation was complete.

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'I get more calls about this than anything' – Tuberville announces legislation to govern NIL in college sports coming next month

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) told 1819 News and other reporters on Tuesday that he and his colleague U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) will propose legislation to govern name, image and likeness (NIL) deals for college athletes nationwide next month.

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Auburn athletics delegation visits Washington, D.C. to lobby for NIL improvements; Tuberville calls NIL rules 'disastrous'

A group of representatives from Auburn University visited Washington, D.C. on Wednesday to lobby lawmakers to pass legislation to create Name, Image and Likeness uniformity in college sports.

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Saban laments 'pay-for-play' NIL environment in NCAA — 'I don’t think that is even the best thing for the player'

In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated's Ross Dellenger, Alabama head football coach Nick Saban weighed in on the current name, image and likeness (NIL) setup for college athletes.

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NIL collectives scrutinized by Tuberville, Manchin

Over a year ago, the NCAA revised its guidelines to allow student-athletes to profit from the use of their name, image and likeness (NIL). Now U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) are on a fact-finding quest to learn how to best craft legislation to regulate NIL collectives.

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Tuberville says Saban has called him, Manchin 'several times' with NIL concerns

During an appearance on Paul Finebaum's nationally syndicated radio show, also simulcasted on the SEC Network, Sen. Tommy Tuberville responded to Finebaum's suggestion that he and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) were working on behalf of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban.

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House committee approves act to repeal law allowing student athletes to be compensated

On Wednesday, the Alabama House State Government Committee unanimously voted to give a favorable report to a bill that would repeal...