jetcityimage/iStock(NEW YORK) — The NCAA Board of Governors broke with the long-held tradition of forbidding student-athletes from earning income on Tuesday by voting unanimously to allow them to profit from their names, images and likenesses.
The board, which framed the historic vote as part of its continuing effort to “support college athletes, also said it would direct each of the NCAA’s three divisions to “immediately consider updates to relevant bylaws and policies for the 21st Century,” Michael Drake, chairman of the board and president of Ohio State University, said in a statement.
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