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New Mexico lawmaker wants to let college athletes profit

by Associated Press
| January 22, 2020 12:05 AM

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A Republican state legislator and former university football lineman wants New Mexico to allow its college athletes to profit financially from their fame as the NCAA looks into possibly removing a longstanding prohibition on student earnings from sports.

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