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NCHSAA, lawmakers call closed-door meeting positive, a first step Updated: 2021-07-28 19:55:11
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Updated July 28, 2021 7:55 p.m. EDT
By Kyle Morton, HighSchoolOT producer & Nick Stevens, HighSchoolOT managing editor
Raleigh, N.C. After just over two hours behind closed doors, some Republican members of the state legislature emerged with representatives of the N.C. High School Athletic Association with an optimistic tone about the path forward.
With House Bill 91 looming, a bill that would dissolve the NCHSAA, the two groups met to discuss concerns lawmakers have about the association s oversight, finances, and rules It was a great meeting. We really appreciated the chance to get in there. I think we got a lot accomplished and I think everybody s in a better place now, said NCHSAA Board of Directors President Bobby Wilkins, who is the principal at Hendersonville High School.
Bobby Wilkins: I think everybody s in a better place now
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NCHSAA Board of Directors President Bobby Wilkins said the meeting with legislators was a productive one with positive outcomes. He said there would be more conversations in the future.
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mm for all of you that are here, bobby Wilkins is the president of the north Carolina High School Athletic Association is the principle of Hendersonville High School and he will speak on behalf of the association and the board of directors today, there will be no further statement beyond this from the association today. So bobby, I ll let you make an opening statement and then take some questions. It was a great meeting. We really appreciated the chance to get in there. I think we have got a lot accomplished and uh I think everybody is in a better place now. So it was really good. We appreciated them inviting us and it was a good meeti
Key state Senators and the N.C. High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) will meet this week after the state Senate passed a bill that threatened the organization’s future. A meeting is set for July 28.
House Bill 91, Accountability and Fair Play in Athletics is the result of a months-long investigation into the NCHSAA that oversees high school sports in North Carolina. The bill would dramatically overhaul the governance of high school sports in North Carolina.
“Transparency and accountability which we as legislators have been asking for from the North Carolina High School Athletic Association for months but have not received,” said Senator Vickie Sawyer, R-Iredell.
Sen. Chaudhuri: Dissolving the NCHSAA is like calling the game in the 2nd inning
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Sen. Jay Chaudhuri (D-Wake) told his colleagues during a hearing on Wednesday that he thinks HB 91 is moving too fast and he would prefer to see the legislature work with the NCHSAA to address concerns insteads of dissolving the organization.
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Um, well, well, thank you Senator johnson for your leadership on this. And I wanted to thank Senator johnson McGuinness and Sawyer for working on the amendments. And also thank you for shining a light on the operations of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. I appreciate the 22 months you ve spent and identifying the athletic associations, areas for improvement that uh, clearly I think include better support for student athletes, the appeals process, the preferred vendors that we ve talked about today. And yes, also the need for transparency