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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The commission that promotes uniformity among state laws took another step toward crafting legislation allowing compensation for college athletes. A study committee recommended Tuesday that the Uniform Law Commission form a drafting committee to write legislation for states to adopt governing athletes’ ability to profit for use of their names, images and likenesses (NIL). Committee chairman and Idaho attorney Dale G. Higer says the recommendation requires additional commission approval before the drafting committee is formed. Its first meeting would be set for this fall in a process that would last one to two years.
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks have signed tight end Colby Parkinson, the first of the team’s draft picks to sign. Seattle made eight picks in the April draft. Parkinson was taken with the first of Seattle’s two fourth-round selections. At 6-foot-7, Parkinson is another tall target for quarterback Russell Wilson, especially in red-zone situations. Parkinson had 48 receptions and just one drop in his final season at Stanford. He had just one touchdown last season but had seven TD catches in 2018.
UNDATED (AP) — The PGA Tour now has a path for NCAA players who stay in college all four years. The program is called PGA Tour University, and it starts later this summer. Eligible players must stay in college at least four years and will earn ranking points for their final two years. The top five will have status on the Korn Ferry Tour after the college seasons ends in June. The next 10 will have status on the three smaller tours in China, Latin America and Canada. It helps seniors this year who can go back for a fifth year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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