As California inches ever closer to a direct and potentially landscape-altering conflict with the NCAA, the state took another step Tuesday toward allowing its collegiate athletes to profit off of their names, images and likenesses.
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Chargers left tackle Russell Okung doesn’t just stick to football. He’s provided better opportunities for at-risk youth and fought for his colleagues as a member of the NFL Players Association.
State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, said the bill confronts racist biases that the country, including the criminal justice system, was founded on. She said the research is clear that racial assumptions put black residents more at risk.
The UC Berkeley athletics department took in $95.5 million last year from sources like ticket sales and the sale of media rights. The players received little more than their scholarships, if that.
Hayley Hodson’s volleyball career took off when she was still in high school, with an invitation to compete on the U.S. Women’s National Team.
The passage of SB1421 was a hard-fought battle to give the public transparency about police misconduct in their communities.
Too many police agencies are dragging their feet, ignoring the requirements of the new law, SB 1421, and an appellate court ruling that it applies not only to records about incidents this year but also to those of the past.
“They’re trying to thwart the law,” said state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, the author of SB 1421. She said she’s open to amending the bill to require quicker release of records.