AP source: SEC, Pac-12 leaders to push for NIL law in DC

AP source: SEC, Pac-12 leaders to push for NIL law in DC

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The commissioners of the Southeastern Conference and the Pac-12 are scheduled to meet with lawmakers in Washington.

They will lobby for federal legislation to regulate name, image and likeness compensation to athletes.

A person who has been briefed on the commissioners’ trip to Capitol Hill confirmed the visit to the AP. Greg Sankey of the SEC and George Kliavkoff of the Pac-12 plan to meet with Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and other lawmakers.

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