Halt NCAA bullying of California college athletes

Enter state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, whose SB 206 would require California’s public and private colleges and universities to permit athletes signing endorsement deals.

“Imagine if in any other billion-dollar industry, like TV and movies, college students were the primary source of the talent that generated the revenue for that business and those college students were completely denied compensation,” Skinner told the Los Angles Times last week. "There would be a universal outcry. And yet we say it’s OK for athletes.”

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