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[QUOTE="Hoo's That, post: 3116375, member: 3609"]
I seriously doubt any school will pay their athletes directly beyond the stipend they currently receive on general principles.  I don't know what's in the NY bill, but the CA bill allows them to profit from endorsements, their likeness, etc., which would be [I]paid by outsiders[/I] and not the school, because the school will not pay them for that, period.  Even if the school was allowed to pay them directly under the law, I don't think any would because even the Blue Bloods of each sport apply the profits to the non-revs.  Both of these laws are perfect set-ups for a civil war in the athletic department, especially if it is the schools that pay the athletes directly.  Profit/no profit is bull-oney in the minds of college kids.

The Federal labor law applied in the Northwestern case only applies to private schools because it has a specific cut-out that exempts the states from its provisions.  There's a different law that covers the non-Federal governments' relations with their employees.

Late edit: the profit/no profit provisions of the law won't survive a court challenge because it is an obvious attempt to skirt around Title IX.  There have been numerous laws that seem neutral in their wording but were struck down because of their discriminatory effect.  This would be one of them.
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