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Longhorns Daily News: SEC commissioner: ‘Players deserve better than a patchwork’ of state NIL laws

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey is taking aim at name, image and likeness laws.

In particular, the confusing assortment of state laws currently standing across the nation.

“It’s been two years since the first state laws brought to us the active concept of student-athletes receiving economic benefit from their use of their name, image, and likeness.,” Sankey said at SEC Media Days earlier this week, according to 247Sports.

I’m going to be as clear as I can. Our activities in Congress or discussions with states and even discussions of conference policies are not about taking away.