TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 14, 2019

Republican state Sen. Brian Kelsey of Germantown and Democratic state Rep. Antonio Parkinson of Memphis plan to sponsor legislation in 2020 that will allow student athletes in the state to be paid for endorsements, the Daily Memphian reports. In addition, they hope to create a grant program funded by a portion of ticket sales to help student athletes who do not go on to play for a pro team after they graduate. This past April, the state Senate unanimously passed a resolution by Kelsey encouraging universities to work with athletic conferences to end the NCAA ban on compensating athletes.