Trauma risks. They are asking to prevent players from being stuck paying sports related medical expenses. They are asking that Graduation Rates increase. They are asking that Educational Opportunities for student athletes in Good Standing be protected. They are asking that universities be prohibited from using a permanent injury suffered during athletics as a reason to reduce or eliminate a scholarship. They are asking to establish and enforce uniform safety guidelines in all sports to help prevent serious injuries and avoidable deaths, and they are asking to prohibit the punishment of College Athletes that have not xhited a crime. Is in any one on that list thats unreasonable . Is there any piece of that that your institution would say, no, im awfully sorry, we cant do that. Or let me phrase it positively. Would you each be willing to lead an effort in your respective conferences to see to it that your fellow member institutions say, absolutely, guys. You are absolutely right. Were go
Carl levin and representative ralph hall. This thanksgiving week cspan is featuring interviews from retiring members of congress. Watch the interviews through thursday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Much as weve accomplished in 36 years i dont want to look back at that so much as to look forward to the next couple of months. In the next couple of months theres a couple of things i would like to do. One is to get my Defense Authorization bill passed. This is an annual effort, a major effort involving large amounts of staff. I would also want to finish up some work on the permanent subcommittee on investigations, looking at some gimmicks which are used to avoid taxes. Ive been a member of congress for 34 years and, you know, to finally get beat, if i was a manager for a baseball or Football Team and i had a 341 i would be in the hall of fame. So it doesnt bother me. Really it done bother me to get beat because i wasnt set on going but i had 18 cochairmen who were chairmen in my district that sup
I hear his heartbeat i look him in both eyes on what they see well, when he is old enough i will show him america and he will rise ride on the wheels of a dream we will go downtown and see the people and we will travel on from there to california, who knows where we will ride on the wheels of a dream. Yes, the wheels are turning for us now any man can get where he wants to is the fires up his soul we will come to your men, who will stand up and give us our dues where that is more than promising, where it must be true our country that lets a man like me raise a child, build our life with you with you beyond that road beyond that lifetime that car filled with hope i will always believe with the promise of happiness and the freedom he lived to know he traveled with ahead held high our son will ride on the wheels of a dream [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States mrs. Michelle obama. [applause] mr. President , mr. Mrs. Obama, mr. Vice president , governor baker,
Lounges. Student athletes also receive financial benefits which help them progress to a degree completion. The tuition and board fees for educational answers. The purpose and offering financial assist answers to encourage to complete their Academic Work in the vast majority do. The legal issue of employee status is ultimately a matter of congressional and 10 and we agree with that. In the instance however, the direct or has mechanically and we believe erroneously applied a rigidly wooden tasks draw from that, mom, notwithstanding his chairman suggested, the absence of any congressional intent athletics as an employment dania. The private institution creates a dichotomy. For example, the decision rightly knows the northwestern universitys nonsectarian. But the nlrb has been struggling in various dimensions with religious liberty limitation on its own jurisdiction. So we should reasonably expect some private religious affiliated universities to challenge the Voice Authority to be regulat
Just to clarify for everyone. Maybe judge starr what concerns me is at least one i played sports or was fun. It makes it sound like its some kind of drudgery. Goff is sometimes but for the most part sports are fun and that is why you play sports. As mr. Eilers clearly said any added his experience as a as a student athlete and a made him a better and he mentioned it eloquently. It did for me. It taught me i learned a lot on the Playing Field i would have never learned in the classroom. Do you think this ruling could potentially cause schools to drop football or sports . Well we have to consider all the options in terms of the best interest of the university. I know that the president of delaware is said he was a student athlete himself, to that the university of delaware would not be able to continue its Public University so it really is raising a host of serious questions. I think it could in fact at a minimum caused programmatic curtailments. It raises the issues we talked about unde