(KBTX) – Texas Rep. Mitch Little (R-District 65) bounced from one microphone to another on the House floor Monday, taking the lead in the resistance of a bill that supporters said would make college athletics in the state of Texas noncompetitive.
“I don’t think there is a way for us to close Pandora’s Box,” Little said on the House floor. “My concern is that the state of Texas and the legislature not open Pandora’s Box even farther.”
House Bill 126 ultimately passed the House vote 109-35, moving a new legislation name, image, and likeness (NIL) compensation for Texas college athletes one step closer to law. It would be the third iteration of NIL legislation to pass through the Texas legislature, the previous two with little turbulence. Monday, the debate over the bill lasted nearly an hour…