Former Duke men’s basketball player Jay Williams had a proposal for current NCAA players to participate in the tournament this month as #NotNCAAProperty began to trend among contestants on social media.
Williams said players should consider delaying the tournament as part of the student-athlete team to be compensated for using their name, image and image.
“The #NCAA needs the revenue more than ever before, considering last year. The players have to slow down March madness and demand Name, image and equality until it’s over. Let people come to me …. I will for all the players say, ”Williams tweeted.
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Williams played for Duke from 1999 to 2002, helping the team win a national championship in 2001. He was selected No. 2 overall by the Chicago Bulls, but a car accident effectively ended his career.
His tweet came Wednesday in response to Rutgers star Geo Baker tweeting about the NCAA owning his name, image and likeness.
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“The NCAA OWNS my name and likeness. Someone in musicology can benefit from an album. Someone with an academic degree can have a tutoring service. For people who say ‘an athletics scholarship is enough.’ “Anything less than equal rights is never enough… I’m #NotNCAAProperty,” he wrote.
Several other players followed suit.
It is unclear if anything will come out of the hashtag campaign.
The NCAA is trying to reverse its long-standing amateurism rules, which prohibit athletes from making money from their names. The NCAA was due to vote on NIL legislation in January, but was delayed after a letter from the Department of Justice warned that changes could violate antitrust laws.
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The Department of Justice supports the plaintiffs against the NCAA in a case appearing before the Supreme Court. The players requested the NCAA to have student athletes pay by July 1 for the use of their name, image and peers.
‘I know the members are ready, willing and able to act (NIL), but there is no doubt that it has all been made more complicated because of their position, the DOJ, the position of the antitrust department and our uncertainty about it and the connection with it not. to the Supreme Court case, ”Mark Emmert, president of the NCAA, told the Associated Press earlier this week.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.