Husker softball Jordy Bahl says athletes not paid to be in ad [Video]

Five Husker softball players and one volleyball player are in an ad that supports Initiative 434, which codifies the current Nebraska abortion law limiting the procedure after the first trimester with exceptions.Explainer: Abortion amendments on the ballot in NebraskaOne of those softball players included Papillion native Jordy Bahl. “Nebraska, it’s time to get off the bench. Out-of-state activists are pushing a radical amendment Initiative 439,” said Bahl and Rebekah Allick in the ad.KETV Investigates combed through publicly available finance data for the Protect Women and Children Campaign, which is backing the measure. It’s unclear if the athletes were paid or if this was a name, image and likeness deal.Data does show the campaign has raised more than $8 million this election season, mostly from the Ricketts and Peed families. It has spent more than $60,000 in the last two weeks on media production.In response to this, Bahl took to social …