Recommendations backed by NCAA leaders to help college athletes earn money off the field won’t help many students, contends a Florida lawmaker who was an architect of a bill this year to let athletes market themselves.

State Rep. Chip LaMarca, R-Lighthouse Point, initially tweeted Wednesday that the framework backed by the NCAA Board of Governors was encouraging, but “more substantive action is needed, and quickly to achieve justice for college athletes.”

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