Baker is framing the need for federal legislation as a way to protect athletes and their families from nefarious actors and a market that lacks transparency.
“And half the time a lot of what people are telling student-athletes I would deem as hearsay, mythology, misinformation and a whole host of other things,” said Baker, the former Massachusetts governor who took over his new job in March.
Baker said misinformation about NIL is to blame for a rush of athletes deciding to transfer and ending up with no place to play and stories of unqualified agents taking huge cuts of athletes’ NIL deals.