The economic struggles a lot of my teammates come from poor areas in florida, and come as the first person in their family to be a college student. They dont have a lot of other money to lead back on, so that leaves them open to unsavely things, these are agencies, nfl runners who would knock on our dorm doors, and say, i can take you out to a nightclub, i can buy you a meal, i can give you a suit to wear, i can take you and your girlfriend out to eat and they accept it, because they dont have much else, then they become ineligible, and they have no future because they have a black mark or just dont play anymore, so think end up back in liberty city or polk county, and its frustrating and discouraging. I saw it often. That is the exact example that we need to use. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you, senator nelson. I apologize. You could have run for the senate ten years ago. I dont want to be disrespectful to senator blumenthal who i think was here before me earlier. No . I will ask m
Question, dr. Emert of the 65. I was encouraged by your response to the chairmans question relative to their interest in addressing these issues. Its one thing to say theyre willing to do it, its another thing to do it. We wish you success but we understand that youre the proposal, youre the initiator, but theyre the decision makers. So i hope mr. Chairman over some period of time here, hopefully relatively soon, we can get a positive result from that effort. I think thats where the these major issues fall. But dr. Emmerit. Could you give us one more shot , but also to the root of the solution, and that is the top 65 which are the revenue generators. And we dont want to jeopardizes those that are not, and put them in a position where they wont be able to fulfill the level 9 supports that gists so many people the yes mr. Chairman and senator coats, i think youre asking two of the most important questions. The first is a recognition that 100 or so years ago when the ncaa was created, it
College sports work effectively for young men and young women. Were at a point now where were going to see yet again whether or not that selfgovernance system works. I have confidence, because i know most of these president s as colleagues, and i know their interests and considerations and concerns that that provides me with confidence that they want to move forward on the agendas that i describe plus more in the coming weeks and months. Now, i think, mr. Chairman, this hearing is a useful cattle prod, if you will, to make sure that everyone understands that the world is watching. The u. S. Senate is watching. And everyone is paying attention to what universities are going to do to address these real and significant issues. I think all those things combined give me some very positive belief that were going to wind up in the right place in a matter of months. If not, well have another conversation, im sure, and i have no doubt that you and your successors will make sure we have that con
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