California wants its college athletes to get paid, but the NCAA is likely to put up hurdles

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With the signing of California's Fair Pay to Play Act, Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledges he is picking a fight -- and he thinks he'll win.

Full conversation with @KingJames, @mavcarter, @ed_obannon, @katelyn_ohashi, @dianataurasi, and @richpaul4 as @GavinNewsom signs #SB206. pic.twitter.com/aIVA2b4bUq Ex-UCLA star on college athletes getting paid 03:47Exactly what that means monetarily is unclear, but Newsom says the law is about rebalancing a power structure in which NCAA universities receive more than $14 billion annually and the nonprofit NCAA receives more than $1 billion,"while the actual product, the folks that are putting their lives on the line, putting everything on the line, are getting nothing.

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