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
They won their First National championship in 1957 with an undefeated 320 season. We win, 5453. North carolina wins the championship they have won seven National Championships, 18 acc championships, coaches of the year, olympians, and a lot of great nba players have come out of the nba. Come out of the university of North Carolina. 52 tar heel players have been drafted in the first round of the nba. There is great history in the college and professional level. Go, heels you are standing in the carolina Basketball Museum, which is in the building immediately adjacent to where the carolina Mens Basketball Team plays its home games. The purpose is to tell the story of carolina basketball. Dean smith, our legendary hall of fame basketball coach for 36 years. He had donated his entire collection of basketball memorabilia to the university. Which is quite expensive to the university. This Basketball Museum is sort of the one place that houses that history. We decided we wanted to start off w
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
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