that I've only taken a brief look at the CA bill and I'm no lawyer

Players who get paid for name/image/likeness (NIL) are actually *required* to have an agent

For all your "school pays" Q's: Again, schools are *precluded* from paying for NIL (what the bill actually does is preclude schools from paying, preclude schools from pulling schollies for athletes getting paid elsewhere for NIL and preclude sanctioning bodies from taking eligibility away for students getting paid for NIL.

The bill doesn't address "personal services agreement"...it's all NIL. So presumably that can still lead to ineligibility and schollie loss.

OL getting paid for others' stardom makes no sense in the context of the bill.

Again, schools are not paying anything, so ticket prices should be unaffected. And they don't become "professional players" as they'd not be paid to play (any more than they already sorta are).