WEBVTT 00:00:01.170 --> 00:00:03.720 align:middle line:10% - College sports are a multi-billion 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:04.710 align:middle line:10% dollar moneymaker. 00:00:04.710 --> 00:00:07.860 align:middle line:10% And for the past quarter century, Advocates for Athletes 00:00:07.860 --> 00:00:11.080 align:middle line:10% have fought to get players more compensation. 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:13.950 align:middle line:10% SB 206, the Fair Pay to Play Act, 00:00:13.950 --> 00:00:15.690 align:middle line:10% being signed into law in California-- 00:00:15.690 --> 00:00:16.050 align:middle line:10% [CHEERING] 00:00:16.050 --> 00:00:17.910 align:middle line:10% --might just be their biggest victory 00:00:17.910 --> 00:00:21.000 align:middle line:10% yet in what has been a controversial, confusing 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:22.350 align:middle line:10% battle. 00:00:22.350 --> 00:00:25.670 align:middle line:10% First, though, nothing is changing right away. 00:00:25.670 --> 00:00:29.940 align:middle line:10% The new law doesn't even go into effect until January 2023. 00:00:29.940 --> 00:00:32.549 align:middle line:10% So catch your breath, sports fans. 00:00:32.549 --> 00:00:35.670 align:middle line:84% Schools will not be paying salaries to their athletes. 00:00:35.670 --> 00:00:37.583 align:middle line:84% Instead, for the first time, players 00:00:37.583 --> 00:00:39.000 align:middle line:84% will be allowed to sell the rights 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:43.920 align:middle line:84% to their names, images, or likenesses to outside bidders. 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:46.320 align:middle line:90% They can even hire an agent. 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:48.030 align:middle line:84% So players could get paid from things 00:00:48.030 --> 00:00:52.470 align:middle line:84% like video games, autograph sessions, or TV commercials. 00:00:52.470 --> 00:00:55.140 align:middle line:84% Payment could also look more like a local business giving 00:00:55.140 --> 00:00:57.570 align:middle line:84% a couple thousand dollars to a hometown athlete 00:00:57.570 --> 00:00:59.670 align:middle line:90% at a Division III school. 00:00:59.670 --> 00:01:02.250 align:middle line:90% The idea here isn't new. 00:01:02.250 --> 00:01:05.110 align:middle line:10% The Olympics have used the same model for years. 00:01:05.110 --> 00:01:08.610 align:middle line:10% But back in February, California state senator, Nancy Skinner, 00:01:08.610 --> 00:01:12.270 align:middle line:10% decided the Olympic model would work for college athletes. 00:01:12.270 --> 00:01:15.690 align:middle line:10% Skinner says her aim was to give them the same rights 00:01:15.690 --> 00:01:18.360 align:middle line:10% as any other student on campus. 00:01:18.360 --> 00:01:21.420 align:middle line:84% "What other billion dollar industry can rely on college 00:01:21.420 --> 00:01:23.700 align:middle line:84% students as the source of their revenue 00:01:23.700 --> 00:01:27.420 align:middle line:84% and deny them any type of income?", she recently said. 00:01:27.420 --> 00:01:30.450 align:middle line:84% "This is the only billion dollar industry that has so far been 00:01:30.450 --> 00:01:33.330 align:middle line:90% able to get away with this." 00:01:33.330 --> 00:01:38.130 align:middle line:10% California schools and the NCAA itself strongly oppose the bill 00:01:38.130 --> 00:01:41.370 align:middle line:10% because it would make it illegal for colleges in California 00:01:41.370 --> 00:01:45.360 align:middle line:10% to follow the NCAA's strict amateurism rules. 00:01:45.360 --> 00:01:48.630 align:middle line:10% The NCAA sent one letter to legislators and another 00:01:48.630 --> 00:01:51.240 align:middle line:10% and to governor Gavin Newsom, saying the law would 00:01:51.240 --> 00:01:52.830 align:middle line:10% result in California schools-- 00:01:52.830 --> 00:01:53.730 align:middle line:10% [WHISTLE] 00:01:53.730 --> 00:01:55.860 align:middle line:10% --being banned from any NCAA competitions 00:01:55.860 --> 00:01:59.580 align:middle line:10% because they would have an unfair recruiting advantage. 00:01:59.580 --> 00:02:02.520 align:middle line:10% Skinner hopes this is just the first step. 00:02:02.520 --> 00:02:05.160 align:middle line:10% Several other states have already considered following 00:02:05.160 --> 00:02:08.669 align:middle line:10% California's lead, and a congressman in North Carolina 00:02:08.669 --> 00:02:13.110 align:middle line:10% has proposed a federal law that would apply to all states. 00:02:13.110 --> 00:02:16.350 align:middle line:10% If nothing else changes before 2023, 00:02:16.350 --> 00:02:19.500 align:middle line:10% California schools could face a tough decision. 00:02:19.500 --> 00:02:23.790 align:middle line:84% They could defy the new law, stick with the NCAA rules, 00:02:23.790 --> 00:02:27.660 align:middle line:84% and force a judge to decide who's right. 00:02:27.660 --> 00:02:30.240 align:middle line:10% That now sets up what one legislator described 00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:31.770 align:middle line:10% as a giant game of chicken-- 00:02:31.770 --> 00:02:32.670 align:middle line:10% [ENGINE REVVING] 00:02:32.670 --> 00:02:34.320 align:middle line:10% --the NCAA life threatening to exclude 00:02:34.320 --> 00:02:38.760 align:middle line:10% California schools and lawmakers daring them to try. 00:02:38.760 --> 00:02:41.850 align:middle line:84% The NCAA has asked California for more time 00:02:41.850 --> 00:02:44.280 align:middle line:84% to reconsider its amateur rules, but 00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:46.560 align:middle line:84% governor Gavin Newsom's signature 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:48.330 align:middle line:90% means the clock is ticking. 00:02:48.330 --> 00:02:51.239 align:middle line:10% [CLOCK TICKING]