Richard Sherman hopes new California law destroys ‘corrupt’ NCAA

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Fair Play to Pay Act into law Monday morning, which allows student athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness.

Newsom shared the news via Twitter, along with video of a conversation he had with LeBron James about the impact of this law.

Colleges reap billions from student athletes but block them from earning a single dollar. That’s a bankrupt model.

I just signed the Fair Play to Pay Act with @KingJames — making CA the first state to allow student athletes to profit off their name, image, and likeness. pic.twitter.com/aWE9OL9r1v

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) September 30, 2019

The NCAA has since released a statement in response to this law, which has plenty of detractors, including one of the most prominent people in media covering college football.

NCAA statement on Gov. Newsom signing SB 206: https://t.co/laV4aT1Cpo pic.twitter.com/sCOOYZEkJd

— NCAA (@NCAA) September 30, 2019

One person who is decidedly for this new law is former Stanford student/athlete and current San Francisco 49ers star, Richard Sherman.

Cam Inman of the San Jose Mercury News shared Sherman’s comments about the law, which include him calling out the NCAA as “corrupt” and hoping the new law “destroys the NCAA in general.”

#49ers Richard Sherman on new California law allowing college athletes to make $ of likeness:
"I hope it destroys the NCAA in general because I think it's corrupt and it's a bunch of people taking advantage of kids, and doing it under a mask of 'fair play.' …

— Cam Inman (@CamInman) September 30, 2019

"The states won't let it just play out like this. If California has it, Texas and Florida have to have it. Because in Alabama, it's college football, so they won't let all these college athletes just go to California, so they'll change the law … and NCAA will change its tune"

— Cam Inman (@CamInman) September 30, 2019

Certainly, the debate is far from over regarding this law, and what other states are considering that may be similar in nature. The one thing we have no question about is which side of the fence Sherman is standing on.