Rep. Figures Leads Bipartisan Effort to Introduce NIL Bill to Establish National Framework

Rep. Figures leads bipartisan effort to introduce NIL bill to establish national framework

On Thursday, Representative Shomari C. Figures, D-Alabama, led a bipartisan effort with the Republican chairmen of the Committees on Energy and Commerce; Education and the Workforce; and the Judiciary to introduce the Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements Act, SCORE, to establish a national framework that stabilizes the use of student-athletes’ name, image and likeness, NIL. “The current college sports environment …

Figures supports nationwide NIL legislation

U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Mobile, joined a handful of Republican lawmakers Thursday in support of legislation to establish a nationwide framework for student-athletes’ name, image and likeness (NIL).