Were honored to have the full Committee Chairman with us this morning and i expect senator blumenthal the Ranking Member to join us momentarily. As chairman of the subcommittee with jurisdiction over amateur athletics i welcome all of you to todays hearing, it is entitled name, image, likeness of athletic compensation. The expectation or hope that we might limit ourselves to the type of conversation but have no control over my colleagues or necessarily what the witnesses will say that may take us broader in scope. I absolutely look forward to hearing from her witnesses and im appreciative of all l of thm in the university of kansas, the president of Athletic Association and the big 12 and two former student athletes. In my home state we have a rich history of College Enter College Athletics, university of kansas one in the womens soccer team one the 12to title last in my hometown of manhattan, phil snyder revolutionized College Football at Kansas State University and the legacy continu
College athletes ability to earn money from endorsements. They spoke at a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing. Good morning, everyone. The committee the subcommittee will come to order. Were honored to have the chairman with us this morning, and i expect senator blumenthal to join us momentarily. As chairman of this subcommittee with jurisdiction over amateur athletics i welcome all of you to todays hearing entitled name, image, likeness, the state of intercollegiate compensation. The expectation or hope is that we might limit ourselves to that kuip of conversation but i have no control over my colleagues or what the witnesses may say that may take us broader in scope. I look forward to hearing from our witnesses. Im appreciative of all of them being here but especially the chancellor of my alma mater the university of kansas, the president of the collegiate Athletic Association and two former student athletes. In my home state we have a rich history of College Athletics. The womens s
Should College Athletes be paid outside their scholarships . If your answer is yes, we want to hear from you at 202 74880 00. If your answer is no, College Athletes should not be paid outside scholarships, we want to hear from you at 202 7488001. Oryou are a College Athlete you are a former College Athlete who are you are in the family of a former or current College Athlete, we especially want to know what you think at 202 7488002. You can always text us your answer at chilly8003 202 748 and we are always 202 7488003. We are also on facebook and cspanwj. There was a hearing on capitol hill this week where the ncaa president discussed what the ncaa is doing on the issue of compensation for student athletes. Heres what he had to say. [video clip] there are legitimate concerns being expressed about the fundamental fairness of our system. We share those concerns. We agree student athletes should be allowed to benefit from their ,ame, image and likeness, nil and we are in the process of ide
College athletes ability to earn money from endorsements. They spoke at a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing. Good morning, everyone. The committee the subcommittee will come to order. Were honored to have the chairman with us this morning, and i expect senator blumenthal to join us momentarily. As chairman of this subcommittee with jurisdiction over amateur athletics i welcome all of you to todays hearing entitled name, image, likeness, the state of intercollegiate compensation. The expectation or hope is that we might limit ourselves to that kuip of conversation but i have no control over my colleagues or what the witnesses may say that may take us broader in scope. I look forward to hearing from our witnesses. Im appreciative of all of them being here but especially the chancellor of my alma mater the university of kansas, the president of the collegiate Athletic Association and two former student athletes. In my home state we have a rich history of College Athletics. The womens s
Have the chairman with us this morning, and i expect senator blumenthal to join us momentarily. As chairman of this subcommittee with jurisdiction over amateur athletics i welcome all of you to todays hearing entitled name, image, likeness, the state of intercollegiate compensation. The expectation or hope is that we might limit ourselves to that kuip of conversation but i have no control over my colleagues or what the witnesses may say that may take us broader in scope. I look forward to hearing from our witnesses. Im appreciative of all of them being here but especially the chancellor of my alma mater the university of kansas, the president of the collegiate Athletic Association and two former student athletes. In my home state we have a rich history of College Athletics. The womens soccer team won their first title last year. In my hometown of Manhattan College football at kansas staet university and a legacy continued by the current coach and Athletic Director gene taylor and who c