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 College football stars might be getting special treatment in Mississippi after the House of Representatives passed a bill that will make their NIL compensation tax-free.  

State Representatives Fred Shanks ( R - Gold Coast ) and Jonathon McMillan (R - Deviney Construction) sponsored HB# 4014.  Section 4 of the bill states: 

The words "gross income" do not include the following items of income which shall be exempt from taxation under this article:

(ss) Amounts received as NIL compensation. For the purposes of this paragraph (ss):

(i) "Intercollegiate athlete" means an individual who enrolls in and participates in an intercollegiate athletics program at a postsecondary educational institution located in Mississippi.

(ii) "NIL compensation" means any money, goods, or services provided to an intercollegiate athlete, while enrolled at a postsecondary educational institution located in Mississippi, in exchange for the use of the athlete's name, image, or likeness, including revenue-sharing or name, image, and likeness payments from a postsecondary educational institution or a third-party.

The bill passed 76-32: 

History and text of bill.

Nurses, teachers, pipe fitters, police officers all must pay taxes while Jontavious and Braxton get to spend their tax-free NIL money on Lambos.  

  There is nothing "good government" or conservative about this measure.  The knuckleheads in the Senate will probably pass the bill.   We can only hope Congress will one day outlaw these tax exemptions.