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Kevin Hern: “The NIL industry is still the wild wild west right now and…”

Featuring: Kevin Hern, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 1st Congressional District

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Hern Questions Witnesses on Tax Exempt Status for Universities & NIL Impacts on Student Athletes

Published | Video Starts at 03:21

And then there's also the possibility for civil fraud penalties if it was deemed to be intentional and being done with knowledge that civil fraud could be assessed. That's a much higher standard than just so. It's safe to say The NIL industry is still the wild wild west right now and violating pretty much every established law on employer, employee, independent contractor. Every business in America would love to have an independent contractor status because it lessens the burden administratively on those businesses, just as it does universities and the collectives are a pass through. (03:21–03:34)

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Asserts that the NIL industry is currently unregulated and violating established employment laws.

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