Georgia General Assembly Poised To Consider NIL Bill

A Georgia bill that would allow college athletes in the state to be "paid for their name, image and likeness" will be "considered during a committee hearing soon," with the General Assembly's session beginning Monday. The proposed legislation is sponsored by Democratic State Rep. Billy Mitchell, who is "confident that House Bill 743 will have bipartisan support" heading into the '20 session. Mitchell: "We need to have a law in place because it would certainly place Georgia at a disadvantage if other states did pass something and we did not." Georgia is "one of the states that has followed California in creating similar ‘Fair Pay to Play’ legislation" (BIZJOURNALS.com, 1/10).