Lawmakers in the state of Georgia have introduced legislation to exempt NIL income earned by college athletes at in-state institutions from state income tax. State senator Brandon Beach, along with four co-sponsors,

In an unexpected show of SEC rivals working together, a Georgia bill put forward by an LSU grad, at the advice of former Alabama coach Nick Saban, seeks to make college NIL money exempt from the state's income tax.

Georgia head football coach Kirby Smart may as well have had his name on the NIL bill passed by the state senate on Tuesday.