Friday Morning Headlines and Highlights for 12-18-20
The headlines covered topics from college sports, to the NBA, the NFL on the field and off, and things happening in Congress, Wayne, Bryan, and Jeff have all your details.
A positive test for COVID-19 has put the UMaine men’s hockey season on hold. According to the UMaine System an antigen test came back positive for one of the players and as a result some players are in quarantine and all team activities are paused.
The Boston Celtics second and final game of the preseason is tonight at 8pm on The Ticket as they host the Brooklyn Nets at the TD Garden – the teams will play again at 5pm Christmas Day in Boston.
17 Dec 2020
A pair of Democrat senators are sponsoring a wide-ranging proposal that would require colleges to offer athletes a long list of benefits for playing college sports.
Senators Cory Booker (D, NJ) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, (C, CT) have introduced the College Athlete Bill of Rights. The law would force schools to include students in revenue sharing, give students lifetime scholarships, establish uniform health and safety rules, offer medical benefits, pay expenses, and levy fines on colleges that violate the rules.
The bill would also establish the Commission on College Athletics, a new nine-member board that would enforce the federal rules if passed. This commission would be paid for by a $50 million stipend courtesy of the U.S. taxpayer and would be allowed to hire staff and enforcers to regulate America’s college sports scene.
Congressional proposal would overhaul college sports, require revenue sharing, cover athletes medical costs
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Proposed bill has chance to reshape college sports (0:51)
Dan Murphy details a bill proposed by Sens. Cory Booker and Richard Blumenthal that would open up avenues for college athletes to make money. (0:51)
The most recent congressional proposal to reshape college sports aims to go far beyond codifying a college athlete s ability to earn endorsement money.
The College Athlete Bill of Rights, introduced Thursday by co-authors Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., would create sweeping changes for college sports, including provisions that would force some schools to share revenue with some of their athletes, guarantee lifetime scholarships to athletes in good academic standing, establish health and safety rules enforced by hefty fines for violators, and set up a fund to cover some out-of-pocket medical expenses for current and former athletes.