Tennessee college athlete NIL bill headed to full House

A bill to change Tennessee’s rules for college athlete’s name, image and likeness passed its final committee hurdle before heading to the full House.

Senate Bill 0709 passed the Senate unanimously and will be taken up by the full House as soon as next week.

The bill would put state law on NIL rules in line with a lawsuit brought against the National Collegiate Athletic Association by the Tennessee Attorney General.

“While everyone is yearning for there to be a Congressional model that takes this out of our hands, but until Congress does its job then we need to stand in the gap and take care of our athletes the way that we see fit,” said Kevin Vaughan, R-Collierville.