Roy Williams on California Student-Athlete Compensation Law: ‘It’s Dadgum Complicated’

Posted Oct 8, 2019
While Roy Williams said he’s against paying players outright, he gave an example that explained his feelings about players’ names and images being used by schools. "When Peyton Manning was at Tennessee, the first football game they sold like 50,000 jerseys at $76 a jersey," said Williams. "Peyton Manning didn’t get one cent, and that’s not right." (Chapelboro.com)

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