For years, debate wore on regarding compensating all student-athletes at the collegiate level for their impact on and off the field. And on Oct. 29, the NCAA Board of Governors voted in favor of allowing student-athletes to be paid for the use of their name, image and likeness.
The decision came nearly a month after California Gov. Gavin Newsome signed the Fair Pay to Play Act bill into law, which also gives college athletes in California the opportunity to be compensated for their name, image and likeness beginning in 2023.
Although the NCAA's new rule will not officially take hold until January 2021, it advanced the discussion of compensation for student-athletes and made waves in the sports world for past, present and future college athletes.
