failed to override her veto of a stand-alone bill restricting transgender students to playing only on teams designated for their assigned sex at birth.Under the athlete compensation bill, Kansas colleges and universities would be barred from using the name, image, or likeness without compensating them.
Athletes would not be paid directly, but would be allowed to sign with an agent and profit off their own name, image, or likeness in various ways, such as by penning an endorsement deal with a local business or promoting certain brands on their social media accounts.
But Senate President Ty Masterson (R-Andover) says he doesn’t want to take up the athlete compensation bill without reconsidering a ban on transgender athletes in K-12 and.