Sports attorney Darren Heitner, who deals in NIL, said the guidance “could disproportionately burden collectives that are already committed to spending money on players for multiple years to come.”
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“Congress needs to step in, if it is going to make sure that athletes are not employees, to also then help them out and codify that those working conditions are set in place for every school across the country," Heitner said at Cruz’s roundtable.
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