NCAA aims to crack down on boosters disguising ‘pay for play’ as name, image and likeness payments

Within the coming weeks, the NCAA plans to crack down on boosters who are funding name, image and likeness payments to athletes, payments the association says are violations of long-standing NCAA rules. NCAA Council chairman Shane Lyons told CBS Sports the association’s ruling body is motivated to push back against what is becoming a burgeoning scandal of disguised “pay for play” in college athletics.