New Mexico led the way to today’s NCAA announcement that it will allow athletes to earn money.

New Mexico led the way to at least 15 states in total having had name, image and likeness bills signed into law, while legislation has been introduced in another 21 states impacting today's NCAA announcement that it will allow athletes to earn money based on their likeness. New Mexico and Florida had the first states to lead in this fight with laws to take effect July 1st, 2021, today. $1.5 billion annually, that's how much college football's 25 most valuable teams earn in combined profit in an average year, according to Forbes' most recent "College Football's Most Valuable Teams" list. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://authorchrisedwards.com/2021/07/01/new-mexico-led-the-way-to-todays-ncaa-announcement-that-it-will-allow-athletes-to-earn-money/