Short version: Alabama repealed its law in February 2022 because, its sponsor said, the NCAA's new policy left Alabama's rules stricter than everyone else's. Georgia's law was written with an end date, and a 2025 cleanup act took it off the books.
On Leave's map of the 50 states and D.C., two tiles say "Repealed." Alabama and Georgia both passed a college law in 2021, and neither has one now. The reasons were different. Both pointed at other states.
Alabama: a law that lasted 217 days
Governor Ivey approved Alabama's law, Act 2021-227, on April 19, 2021. It took effect July 1, 2021. It let college athletes earn pay "commensurate with the market value" of their name, image or likeness, meaning what the market would pay for it.
It came with steps. An athlete disclosed each deal to the school before signing it. An athlete gave the school written notice at least seven days before hiring a representative. Schools and their supporting groups couldn't pay athletes at all.
What changed on July 1, 2021
The NCAA adopted an interim policy on June 30, 2021, effective the next day. Athletes in a state with a law followed that law. Athletes in a state with none could earn "without violating NCAA rules related to name, image and likeness."
So an Alabama athlete had the state's steps to follow. An athlete in a state with no law had the NCAA's policy and the school's own rules. Alabama had written its law before it knew which way the NCAA would go.
What the sponsor said
Representative Kyle South sponsored the 2021 law and the bill that repealed it. He told Alabama Daily News the NCAA had adopted "basically a different rule that was kind of a blanket for everybody."
"And it left us in a place where our state law was more restrictive than what the NCAA adopted," South said.
To a House committee, as 1819 News reported, he put it this way: "We found that our athletes are at a disadvantage compared to states that are operating under just the NCAA rules."
He also called it, possibly, "the shortest-lived law on the books, passed one session and repealed the next." That's a fair line. It was in force for 217 days.
"It may be the shortest-lived law on the books, passed one session and repealed the next."
The University of Alabama said it supported the repeal "as a productive next step." Auburn said the state's approach "may need to change as well."
The House passed HB 76 by 97 to 1, Burr & Forman reported, and the Senate passed it on February 2, 2022.
The repeal is one sentence long. Act 2021-227 "is repealed," effective on the Governor's approval. She approved it at 2:20 p.m. on February 3, 2022.
Georgia: a law with its own end date
Georgia's law, HB 617, also took effect July 1, 2021. It barred schools and boosters from paying athletes, and required athletes to disclose deals to the school.
It also let a team contract require athletes to pool up to 75 percent of their deal pay for former players.
The last section, § 20-3-683, set its own end. The law ran until the earliest of three things: a new federal law, any new policy, rule or regulation allowing athletes to be paid for their name, or June 30, 2025.
After that, the text says, the article "shall be rendered null and without effect as a matter of law." Null means it has no force at all. We found no official reading of whether the NCAA's 2021 policy counted as the second trigger.
A repeal in a list of corrections
Georgia's repeal came in SB 153, the yearly Code Revision act. Its title says it repeals parts of the code that "have become obsolete," been declared unconstitutional, or been "preempted or superseded" by later laws.
Item 54 of its Section 20 repeals the article "relating to compensation of intercollegiate athletes." Item 53, right above it, swaps "clearing house" for "clearing-house." The repeal took effect July 1, 2025, a day after the law's last possible end date.
The executive order in between
In September 2024, with the House settlement still pending, Governor Kemp signed an executive order. It says the NCAA and conferences shall take no "adverse action," meaning no penalty, against a Georgia school for paying athletes for their name.
Its stated reason echoes Alabama's. Georgia's athletes, it says, "should compete on a level playing field and not forgo compensation available to student-athletes in other states." No school may use money allocated by the state for that pay.
The order ends on the effective date of a federal law or of any settlement in the House case. Whether it's still in effect is unsettled, as the Georgia page on our map explains. The agreement uses two different dates.
What applies in both states now
Neither repeal stopped anyone from earning. NCAA rules and the House settlement apply everywhere. In Division I, a third-party deal of $600 or more goes to NIL Go within five business days of signing, the College Sports Commission says.
Alabama still has its athlete agent act. An agency contract, the deal you sign with an agent, includes an endorsement contract. The agent registers with the Secretary of State, and you can cancel within 14 days.
A federal bill, S. 4668, passed the Senate 77 to 22 on September 28, 2026. It has been held at the House desk since October 5. It isn't law. Your school's own policy sits on top of all of this, and it can be stricter.
What Leave does with this
Tap Alabama or Georgia on the map and you'll see what applies today, section by section, with every source. In Leave, each deal thread carries the rules summary for your state and level, and the disclosure date that applies.
Upload a contract and Leave reads it back in plain words: what you're paid, when, and for how long. Leave takes 0 percent of anything you sign, and it's not an agent. You decide what to sign.
Questions people ask
Can a college athlete in Alabama or Georgia still be paid for a deal?
Yes. The repeals removed state rules, not the right to earn. NCAA rules and the House settlement apply in every state. In Division I, a third-party deal of $600 or more goes to NIL Go within five business days, the College Sports Commission says.
Is Georgia's 2024 executive order on athlete pay still in effect?
It's unsettled. The order ends on the effective date of a federal law or of any settlement in the House case. The court approved the settlement on June 6, 2025, but the agreement's own effective date waits on appeals. The order doesn't say which date it means.
Does any Alabama law still reach an endorsement deal?
Yes, through the athlete agent act. An agency contract includes an endorsement contract, so an agent who solicits one registers with the Secretary of State. The athlete, or a parent for a minor, can cancel that agency contract within 14 days.
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