State Representative Murphy Crafting Bill to Allow College Athletes to Profit

College athletes in Wisconsin may soon be able to make money.  State Representative Dave Murphy is the chairman the Assembly’s Colleges and Universities Committee.  The Greenville Republican says he’s working on a bill to allow student- athletes to profit from their names, images or likenesses.  About a dozen states have or are considering similar laws.  No one at the University of Wisconsin is commenting about his proposal since the N-C-A-A Board of Governors voted to allow athletes to be paid.  U-W Athletic Director Barry Alvarez has been critical of the idea.