Youngkin signs student athlete compensation bill
Governor Glenn Youngkin signs a bill allowing colleges to pay student athletes for their name, image and likeness. He’s flanked to the left by Del. Terry Kilgore, Sen. Aaron Rouse and Del. Terry Austin. (Credit: Brad Kutner)
Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned rules barring college athletes from getting paid for the use of their image, states, including Virginia, have been working to develop rules to accommodate the change.
Thursday morning Governor Glenn Youngkin signed a bill that would make such payments easier.
Brad Kutner has more from Richmond.