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Alden Gonzalez ESPN Staff Writer 

More than 15 other states are pursuing NIL legislation in the wake of California signing SB206 into law, and the bipartisan support has Ramogi Huma, executive director for the National College Players Association, thinking that a similar bill can pass through Congress. "At which point," he said, "the NCAA wouldn't have any leg to stand on."

Alden Gonzalez ESPN Staff Writer 

Ramogi Huma: "If the NCAA was sincere, it would enact rules tomorrow that incorporates California's law to make it uniform nationwide. ... But they're not. They claim it's ‘difficult' to figure these things out. It's not difficult. This is no longer a blank slate. California's athletes will have these rights in a couple years. The NCAA has no control over that. So the question is whether they're going to make it uniform and expand it to players across the nation, or if they're going to fight."

Alden Gonzalez ESPN Staff Writer 

Ramogi Huma, executive director for the National College Players Association, spoke as part of a panel at UCLA tonight that addressed athlete compensation. He has no confidence that the NCAA will change its policies so that athletes can profit off NIL. He told me the NCAA "failed to come up with a real proposal" when its board of governors released its statement in late October.