The New Jersey bill to allow student-athletes to earn compensation from the use of their name, image or likeness, and also obtain professional representation, including attorneys and agents, without impacting their scholarship eligibility, cleared another legislative hurdle and appears to be fast-tracked for passage.

A-2106, known as the New Jersey Fair Play Act, introduced Jan. 14, was approved by the Assembly Higher Education Committee by a 4-2 vote on March 5 and now goes before the full Assembly.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]