On Tuesday, the NCAA Board of Governors announced it was moving forward with plans to enhance the potential opportunities for players to profit off their name, image or likeness under NCAA rules.

While that seems like an undisputed win for NCAA athletes, Senator Richard Burr (R-North Carolina) still wants to take money out of their pockets. Upon seeing the news, Burr took to Twitter where explained that he would introduce legislation to potentially tax scholarships if an athlete decided to make money off his or her likeness while in school.

"If college athletes are going to make money off their likenesses while in school, their scholarships should be treated like income," Burr wrote in a tweet. "I’ll be introducing legislation that subjects scholarships given to athletes who choose to “cash in” to income taxes."

From a practical standpoint, this seems misguided. Among the things being discussed is the potential return of the NCAA Football video game produced by EA Sports. Let's say a player, who gets $500 as compensation for being included in the game, does not make any other money off his likeness for the rest of the year. If his scholarship, worth thousands of dollars, was taxed, then that amount would likely far exceed the $500 made off his likeness.

If college athletes are going to make money off their likenesses while in school, their scholarships should be treated like income. I’ll be introducing legislation that subjects scholarships given to athletes who choose to “cash in” to income taxes. https://t.co/H7jXC0dNls — Richard Burr (@SenatorBurr) October 29, 2019

Burr's proposal would also give credence to a primary complaint that supporters of increased name, image and likeness rights for NCAA athletes bring up often: currently, students on academic scholarships are allowed to pursue any monetary opportunities they choose in their free time, while athletes on scholarship are prohibited from doing the same. So Does Burr want to start taxing academic scholarships for a student that might make money from his or her image outside of school, too?

Perhaps Burr, a Wake Forest alumnus, has additional details that address the skeptics of his proposal. But on the surface, it just seems like a way to further hamstring NCAA athletes, who would already be subject to income taxes on the extra money they make off their likenesses anyway.