NCAA shifts focus during hearing
NCAA President Charlie Baker told federal lawmakers Tuesday that for college sports to modernize, the athletes must remain students.
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NCAA President Charlie Baker told federal lawmakers Tuesday that for college sports to modernize, the athletes must remain students.
NCAA President Charlie Baker told federal lawmakers Tuesday that for college sports to modernize, the athletes must remain students. At a Senate hearing to discuss how athletes are compensated for their celebrity endorsements, Baker and other college sports leaders shifted the focus toward the looming possibility of athletes being deemed employees of their schools —
WASHINGTON — College athletic officials testified Tuesday in support of nationally standardized name, image and likeness regulations at a U.S. Senate hearing. The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee …
The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on sports name, image, and likeness, or NIL, rules.
Senators largely agreed Tuesday that college sports are overdue for a national standard that provides guardrails for “name, image, and likeness” (NIL) deals involving student athletes. “If this committee does not act within a year, this thing is going to be an absolute mess, and you will destroy college athletics as you know it,” said…