A cold war is brewing between the NCAA and state legislatures over college athletes' right to profit from their name, image and likeness (NIL). Over the past four years, the NCAA has aggressively lobbied Congress to pass a uniform NIL standard. Broadly speaking, the NCAA has proposed legislation that would create a national NIL registry; formally designate student athletes as nonemployees; and offer the NCAA a limited exemption from federal antitrust laws. Roughly a dozen bills have been sponsored by Democrats and Republicans alike, though none has ever advanced to a vote.