A few weeks ago, a new bill was introduced at the Georgia state level that would eliminate state income taxes on NIL earnings. This obviously would have a huge impact on Georgia football and their recruiting efforts because all of their players would theoretically make more money without Georgia actually having to pay them more.
This also would catch Georgia up to schools in states such as Florida and Texas where there is already no state income tax. So overall, if this bill becomes a law then UGA would become that much more competitive from an NIL perspective.
As one would assume, this proposed bill received a lot of attention not only from Georgia fans, but from fans of other SEC schools as well. In fact, this bill received so much attention that a lawmaker in the state of Alabama just proposed the same exact bill on Wednesday, according to Ross Dellenger with Yahoo Sports.
After a Georgia lawmaker introduced a similar bill, a state lawmaker in Alabama is introducing legislation making NIL earnings exempt from the state's income tax. https://t.co/sgZ7Asyx0P
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) February 12, 2025
Alabama is copying Georgia
There is a chance that the person who introduced this bill in Alabama had been planning on doing so before the bill was introduced in Georgia. But let’s be honest, the chances of that happening are very slim.
The most likely scenario is that a huge Alabama or Auburn football fan who is in state government saw the bill get introduced in Georgia then became fearful that their favorite team would fall behind Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs even more. So in order to keep up with Georgia, they had to introduce the same bill.
As everyone knows, it can take a long time for a bill to become law and there is also no guarantee that it ever becomes a law. But the best scenario for Georgia would be for this bill to become law in Georgia while getting rejected in Alabama. Auburn is one of UGA’s biggest rivals and Alabama will always be one of Georgia’s biggest competitors in the SEC, so any advantage Georgia can have over these two programs would be amazing.