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.
New Bill Would Give College Athletes Sweeping Rights to Compensation, Including Revenue Share
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Colleges could be forced to share revenue with football and basketball players as part of a sweeping student athlete rights bill proposed by Senator Cory Booker and other Democrats
A bill introduced Thursday by four Democratic lawmakers would grant college athletes sweeping rights to compensation, including a share of the revenue
The College Athletes Bill of Rights is sponsored by Senators Corey Booker, Richard Blumenthal, Kirsten Gillibrand, and congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
The proposal comes a day after the Supreme Court agreed to review a ruling that removed caps on compensation NCAA football and basketball players can get
The NCAA is creating a framework for college athletes to earn money from endorsements, while trying to fend off state-level bills creating player salaries
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) – A bill being introduced Thursday by four Democratic lawmakers would grant college athletes sweeping rights to compensation, including a share of the revenue generated by their sports, and create a federal commission to oversee college athletics.
The College Athletes Bill of Rights is sponsored by Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.). If passed, it could wreak havoc on the NCAA’s ability to govern intercollegiate athletics and the association’s model for amateurism.
The announcement of the bill comes a day after the Supreme Court agreed to review a court ruling the NCAA says blurs the “line between student-athletes and professionals” by removing caps on certain compensation that major college football and basketball players can receive.
Booker, Democratic lawmakers introducing NCAA reform bill
The announcement comes a day after the Supreme Court agreed to review a court ruling the NCAA says blurs the line between student-athletes and professionals
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A bill being introduced Thursday by four Democratic lawmakers would grant college athletes sweeping rights to compensation, including a share of the revenue generated by their sports, and create a federal commission on college athletics.
The College Athletes Bill of Rights is sponsored by U.S. Senators
Corey Booker (D-N.J.),
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and U.S. Rep.
Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.). If passed it could wreak havoc with the NCAA’s ability to govern intercollegiate athletics, and the association’s model for amateurism.
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