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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 3299597, member: 5798"] WASHINGTON -- Federal lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill this week with interest piqued in finding new ways to compensate college athletes. U.S. Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., spent Wednesday drumming up support for a proposed bill that could make it possible for [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][B]all[/B][/COLOR] U.S. college athletes to accept endorsement money [B]as early as January 2021.[/B] Walker introduced a bill in March that would change federal tax code to prohibit the NCAA and its member schools from requiring college athletes to sign away the rights to their own name, image and likeness in order to play college sports. The bill would have the same effect on a national scale as a first-of-its-kind state law passed in California two weeks ago. Other lawmakers also have shown an interest in working with the NCAA to find a solution if the association is willing to changes its ways. U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., and the co-sponsor of the tax code proposal, said Wednesday he was hoping the NCAA would "find their own inner angel" and propose a better way forward. "If the NCAA wanted to make this fair, they could find a way to do it," Richmond said. "The point is the NCAA has proven unwilling to address this." [URL='https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/27862466/house-senate-members-drum-support-compensating-college-athletes'][Story][/URL] [/QUOTE]