Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James spit out some facts after California passed the “fair pay to play law.”
During the Lakers' training camp, LeBron spoke to the media and shared the importance of the law. He used himself as an example, noting that the NCAA and the college he would have chosen would make a ton of money by just selling his jersey.
LeBron, clearly, is making a point that it would be beneficial for collegiate athletes to get paid instead of the NCAA and the colleges only reaping the benefits.
Lakers’ LeBron James on “fair pay to play”: If he had gone to OSU, “that 23 jersey would have been sold all over the place without my name on the back. My body would have been on the NCAA game 2004. The [arena] would have been sold out… Me & my mom didn’t have anything.” pic.twitter.com/3jYpbFzSna
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) September 30, 2019
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed the “fair pay to play” into a law that will allow NCAA players in California to profit from their likeness while playing amateur sports in the state. The bill was signed into law on LeBron James’ show The Shop, which shows his support for athletes being paid.
James bypassed college and immediately jumped into the NBA. However, things might have been different had athletes earn money by playing in college back then.
This law should help protect college athletes from being disciplined by their schools or by the NCAA itself, and it serves as a first step towards something that will hopefully be nationwide in the near future.
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