Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris has signed a plan that would help college athletes benefit from her name and image, and get long-term medical coverage, according to the Associated Press.
Harris, 55, is among the nine senators who signed the plan, which was introduced by Cory Booker of New Jersey and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut.
Under the plan, university athletes would benefit from their image with “minimal restrictions,” according to the Associated Press.
The legislative plan asks fellow athletes the ability to earn money for their names, pictures and images with “minimal restrictions,” and much more.
The senators also want to provide the athletes with long-term medical coverage and treatment, maintained medical standards, academic freedom, and revenue sharing agreements.
Booker, 51, played college football at Stanford and is passionate about ensuring that college athletes have stronger rights. He told the AP the NCAA “has failed generations of young men and women”, and that “the time has come for change.”
The NCAA has already approved athletes by profiting from their bodies
In April, the NCAA announced that it would finally allow athletes to make money from awards. The organization has until January 2021 the last time to implement and adopt these changes. When the NCAA made the announcement, it called for “protection rails” that would be put in place for athletes. It also asked Congress for help, hoping to put pressure on individual states.
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