Congress to hold 11th NIL legislative hearing

The House Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce will "hold a hearing on NIL and college sports" on Jan. 18, according to sources. This will mark "the 11th Congressional hearing to discuss NIL since 2020," but the first meeting with elected officials since NCAA President Charlie Baker "outlined creating a subdivision of Division I that affords more freedom to craft policies and enables them to compensate athletes in innovative and consequential ways." The hearing "will come within a week of the NCAA Convention," where the NCAA BOD "could task the NCAA Division I Council with formulating recommendations related to Baker’s reform proposal." NIL legislation is "also set to be voted on" at the convention in Phoenix, "including strict disclosure requirements for current and prospective athletes and language that would allow NIL collectives to be subject to disassociation with an institution" (ON3, 1/10).