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Great reminder that CA lawmakers’ courage in standing up to the NCAA led to rights & freedoms for college athletes NATIONWIDE. Thank you to @GavinNewsom @NancySkinnerCA @SteveBradford
The NCPA is a proud co-sponsor of this law & will continue fighting for athletes’ rights!
1 Sep 2021
California for the win -- again! Thank you, @GavinNewsom, for signing #SB26 into law so that the Fair Pay to Play Act will take effect tomorrow (9/1)! CA college athletes now have full rights to earn money from their talent & hard work.
#PlayersGetPaid
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UMass Amherst Researchers Find 60% say college athletes should share the profit of their name, image or likeness & nearly half say they should share in profit from broadcast rights fees @TatisheNteta umass.edu/newsoffice/article…
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Also, nothing in the previous rulings actually require any school to pay anything - it would all be optional.
31 Mar 2021
Waxman basically says schools wouldn't be able to afford nonrevenue sports if they had to provide more ed benefits to all.
This is a threat, not reality. As @NCPANOW Ramogi Huma pointed out, DIII schools, high schools somehow fund many sports, w/o the money of Power 5 programs.
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Welcome to NCAA sports where food isn’t a human right, it can be an NCAA violation.
College athletes are #NotNCAAProperty
'Not NCAA property' hashtag protest is launched with March Madness set to begin - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/sports/20…
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Michigan basketball player Isaiah Livers discusses why it’s so important for college athletes to stand up against exploitative NCAA rules
#NotNCAAProperty
18 Mar 2021
“We’re doing this for future athletes, we’re doing this for our future kids,” Michigan's Isaiah Livers said of the #NotNCAAProperty movement. Livers added that it was “time for student-athletes to speak up, no more being silenced.” nyti.ms/3r1VBgo
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Bob DeMars retweeted
18 Mar 2021
It’s time we student-athletes deserve the chance to create our own money from name, image, and likeness. We are calling for:👇🏽👇🏽
#NotNCAAProperty
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Bob DeMars retweeted
18 Mar 2021
Here’s the official statement from the #NotNCAAProperty movement and the @NCPANOW
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Bob DeMars retweeted
4 Mar 2021
Sometimes (most times) the NCAA doesn’t make sense when they choose to punish some schools and not others. We can most likely chalk it up to amateurism and the money makers. Let’s change that. Start by singing and sharing our petition. change.org/UMTennisPetition
4 Mar 2021
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? When @seanhannity lent his private jet to his son's @WakeForest tennis team, the @NCAA did NOTHING. When @Brittcollens22 was wrongly credited $252 for a phone jack she never used, @UMass got stripped of its A-10 Championship thedailyedge.substack.com/p/…
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Bob DeMars retweeted
17 Feb 2021
Just made it official. After 45 years as a registered Republican, I am now an Unaffiliated voter. I leave the GOP having won 4 statewide elections in NC as the Republican nominee. Only 3 others in NC history have won more.
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SF 245 passed unanimously in Iowa Senate Judiciary Committee!
@NateBoulton @jackwhitver @Dylan_Boles_
16 Feb 2021
Iowa Athletes need SF 245 to pass so we can finally earn pay for use of our name, image, and likeness. Other states are standing up for their athletes, we need the same.
Thank you to to both @NateBoulton & @jackwhitver for their bipartisan efforts to help move this forward.
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NCPA’s push for NIL pay laws can return athletes to video games w $$$.
“For E.A. Sports to have the quality that it had prior to ceasing production, you’ve got to have the plyrs in there. Otherwise, the game will be a shell of itself” - NCPA’s Ramogi Huma nytimes.com/2021/02/02/sport…
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Rutgers' Geo Baker on NCAA:
“u realize we are playing in a pandemic being told to stay away from everyone we love just for y’all entertainment but i can’t sell my own jersey with my last name on it to help my future financially. That makes sense to u?” sports.yahoo.com/rutgers-sen…
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“I think the Power Five and NCAA proposals are dead in the water. They went to Congress and they lost,” said Ramogi Huma of the NCPA. “At this point, all they can do is play defense, which is what we were doing at first. Now we’re playing offense.” recorder.com/NCAA-Power-Five…
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Bob DeMars retweeted
23 Jan 2021
It is way past time that the @NCAA's exploitation of college athletes ends.
These young people deserve justice.
21 Jan 2021
He's not just a U.S. senator—@CoryBooker is also a former Stanford tight end.
That experience has shaped why he is co-sponsoring the College Athletes Bill of Rights buff.ly/35ZOz4d
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NCPAs Ramogi Huma on NCAA suspension athlete NIL pay vote:
“It’s a slap in the face to college athletes. Athletes are being used to make $ for NCAA sports in a pandemic w/o the NCAA enforcing COVID standards. This is what they get in return for their sacrifice?” States must
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1 yr after the NCPA-sponsored CA NIL bill was signed, history is made! FL NIL law is effective July 1, NE NIL law lets colleges opt-in any time, more to come. @NAIA is on board, @NCAA can’t stop this train. @NancySkinnerCA @SteveBradford @GavinNewsom
@ChipLaMarca @NebraskaMegan
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NCPA worked w members of US Senate & House to develop this College Athlete Bill of Rights - we strongly endorse! Would protect & pay plyrs
Iowa BB captain @JordanBo_3 says coaches are paid, why not the athletes? Must read...
apnews.com/article/college-f…
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More support from big voices!
President Barack Obama supports college athletes being compensated usatoday.com/story/sports/co…
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College athletes still have no where to go to address mistreatment. @NCAA would rather investigate and punish players over a $252 phone bill credit than protect them from abuse, serious injury, death. @Brittcollens22
Women from UC Berkeley's soccer team break their silence about what they allege was emotional abuse, bullying, intimidation, and mistreatment from their long-time coach. ktvu.com/news/surviving-the-…
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