Bill to exempt student-athlete NIL contracts from Colorado Open Records Act draws scrutiny

Colorado Politics: A bill to create more exemptions to the Colorado Open Records Act as it applies to student athletics got a rigorous hearing in the House Education Committee on Wednesday.

However, following a rash of committee questions over Title IX, creating new contract law and transparency, the sponsor agreed to postpone action on the bill.

The measure is House Bill 1041, which would update state law on the issue of “name, image and likeness” (NIL) and is sponsored by first-year lawmaker Rep. Lesley Smith, D-Boulder, a former regent at the University of Colorado. One section of the bill, which got the most attention from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, pertains to carving out from the state’s open records law the contracts signed between the university and its student athletes on payments and other considerations tied to NIL.

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