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Power 5 Commissioners ask Congress to act on athlete pay


Power 5 Commissioners ask Congress to act on athlete pay


"The Power Five conference commissioners are asking Congress to move forward with federal legislation regarding compensation for college athletes.

The commissioners of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference sent a letter dated May 23 to congressional leaders. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter Friday. Stadium, the online sports network, first reported on the letter.

The letter was signed by John Swofford of the ACC, Bob Bowlsby of the Big 12, Kevin Warren of the Big Ten, Larry Scott of the Pac-12 and Greg Sankey of the SEC.

They encouraged federal lawmakers to not wait for the NCAA process to play out before passing a national law that would set parameters for college athletes to be compensated for use of their names, images and likenesses.

“I don’t think it’s indicative of anything other than our belief that the five of us bring substantial equity to college athletics and that our brands are strong,” Bowlsby said Friday during a conference call with reporters."
[Post edited by goldendomer at 05/30/2020 11:02AM]

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  Power 5 Commissioners ask Congress to act on athlete pay -- goldendomer 05/30/2020 11:02AM
  Nothing to do with “substantial equity”....Everything about.... -- CrystalCoveHokie 06/11/2020 11:06AM
  Congress has to set the parameters -- mrcaniac 06/04/2020 10:17PM
  Good thing there are no actual important issues in Congress’ purview ** -- marcbvtgm 07/04/2020 5:08PM
  Think Congress is competent enough to do it? ** -- RJHokie 06/04/2020 10:19PM
  Doesn't matter -- mrcaniac 06/05/2020 12:20AM
  I agree on Congress having to do it. -- RJHokie 06/05/2020 08:12AM
  They will screw it up -- mrcaniac 06/05/2020 7:34PM
  So funny -- Vippie1 06/02/2020 7:43PM
  That’s cool. -- RJHokie 06/02/2020 7:53PM
  It makes sense given that all schools recruit players both in state -- VTHokie2000 05/30/2020 2:37PM

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