49ers' Richard Sherman hopes California's new law 'destroys the NCAA'

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman emphatically backed California's new law — signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday — that will allow the state's college athletes to hire agents and be paid for endorsements by 2023.

The law is in direct opposition of the NCAA's model, which forbids student-athletes from profiting off their name, image and likeness while holding amateur eligibility.

Sherman, an NFL veteran who played at Stanford, wants college sports' longtime governing body to be held accountable as a result of the law.

“I hope it destroys the NCAA in general because I think it’s corrupt and it’s a bunch of people taking advantage of kids, and doing it under a mask of ‘fair play,' ” Sherman said, via The Mercury News. “Even the things they’re suspending these kids for are ridiculous. You’re suspending kids for YouTube channels and they’re saying, ‘Oh it’s because other kids can’t do it.’ "

Sherman felt the law was the first domino to fall in affecting change to the whole system in college athletics: “If California has it, Texas and Florida have to have it. Because in Alabama, it’s college football, so they won’t let all these college athletes just go to California, so they’ll change the law, and once that changes, the NCAA will change its tune, I’m sure.”

Fellow Bay-area athlete Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors also blasted the NCAA while applauding the bill on Monday, calling the organization a "dictatorship."