No Elite Athletes Using X-pro status to ensure Prioritizing Recruitment Of Student-athletes (NEAUX PROS) Act

This bill would require colleges that take part in federal student aid programs to agree not to let an athlete compete on a varsity team in a sport in which the athlete holds a professional sports contract. Name, image, and likeness deals and payments made directly by a college, such as revenue-sharing, would not count as professional contracts. Colleges that break this rule could have their federal student aid participation limited, suspended, or ended. The bill would also make it a federal crime, punishable by up to 5 years in prison (or up to 10 years in some cases), for coaches and other athletics staff to knowingly recruit, sign, or clear a professional athlete to compete. Athletes could avoid the rule by canceling their contract in writing before being paid or playing under it.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Clay Fuller Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors