RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) β A bill requiring North Carolina’s public and private universities with top-division football and men’s basketball programs to pay athletes failed to make it out of a state House committee.
The bill would’ve required schools in the Football Bowl Subdivision or Division I basketball to award stipends to cover the full cost of attendance, as well as to hold licensing revenue generated by the athletes in trust to be paid after they’ve completed their college eligibility.
It wouldn’t have taken effect until after the resolution of the O’Bannon lawsuit allowing athletes to be compensated for use of their likenesses, a ruling the NCAA is appealing.
Bill co-sponsor Rep. Brian Brown says the measure was only a “first step” and that it could still be revived in a different form.
