On cspans q a. Next, a hearing to examine the issue of College Athlete compensation. The Senate Health education and Labor Committee heard from College Athletic programs about how athletes could be compensated for their name, image, and likeness, which organization should oversee these decisions, and what implications it could have on the student athlete model. This is two hours and 15 minutes. [inaudible] good morning. The committee will come to order. There is no room for the public. The press is covering it as a pool. You can watch this on streaming or there will be an unedited recording that everyone can watch. All of our Witnesses Today and some senators are participating by videoconference. I would like to Say Something about masks. The office of attending physician has advised that senators and witnesses may remove their masks to talk into the microphones since our chairs are six feet apart. Thats why my mask is off when im not back here. Im grateful to the rules committee, the
Good morning. The committee on health education, labor and pensions will please come to order. First i would like to go through a few administrative matters that weve adopted because of covid. Weve consulted with the attending physician and the department of health and human services, centers for disease control. Individuals in the hearing room are six feet apart. Theres no room for the public in person. The press is covering as a pool. You can watch this on streaming or there will be an unedited recording that everyone can watch. All of our Witnesses Today and some senators are participating by video conference. I would like to Say Something about masks. The office of attending physician has advised that senators and witnesses may remove their masks to talk into the microphones since our chairs are six feet apart. So, thats why my mask is off. When im not back here, im wearing my mask in the hall. Im grateful to the rules committee, the sergeant at arms, the press gallery, the arkt te
To a Senate Committee hearing looking at college ath lecks and athlete compensation. Live coverage on cspan 3. But in the institutions of Higher Education themselves, and then before that in 1929 a report from the carnegie education was being neglected and commercialism reigned. The ncaa had been formed to protect the safety of players and deal with corruption. Now, my second experience forming an opinion about the subject were talking about today came from my service of that Night Commission when i was president of the university of tennessee. Our Commission Recommendation was that University President s take charge, assert themselves, take charge of College Athletics, to take charge of the huge amount of Television Money it attracted and restore academic and financial integrity to the programs. As a result over the next several years academic standards became more stringent, Financial Support for student athletes increased, college presence asserted more responsibility for financial
Defensive lineman and played only for vikings as a senior in 2018 in part because of the concussion. Coty has spoken public about his Mental Health struggles in an effort to raise awareness about depression. Next to coty is jennifer rheeling, she sent her 20th year as an athletic trainer in washington, d. C. Public School System where she works at Woodson High School purchasers of Sports Medicine Advisory Committee for the National Federation of State High School associations come National Athletic Trainers Association and the District Of Columbia state athletic association. And we have randy trivers, head football coach at Gonzaga College high school in washington, d. C. Who last you when the schools first athletic conference title since 2002. He was named usa todays National Coach of the year in 2018. He has coached football for 23 years and was coach at Northwest High School in germantown, maryland. Thank you all for being here. First so much what we did with last panel. You quickly
Beginning. It was worse than a gamble. It was sort of betting your life savings on the turn of a roulette wheel. Reporter back in 2012 the University Spokesman told us there was nothing to worry about. We have no financial issue here for at least the next 26 years. Reporter somehow he stands by that Statement Today claiming the cal athletics deficit is separate and cannot be tied to the stadium. The stadium debt has little, if any, impact on that deficit. Reporter he said numbers show the stadium made 26 million in revenue in 2017, an 8 million surplus, math that only works if you divorce the stadium loan from the Athletic Department deficit altogether and even the chancellors Intercollegiate Athletics task force linked the deficit to the payment. When this charge is deducted from operating profit, it creates expenditures over revenues. There is no distinction made there whatsoever. And so it seems like a shell game to me of the way that youre explaining it, you know, robbing peter to