[Spiny_Norman]

The NCAA formed a Transformation Committee in October, 2021 to "examine issues pertaining to Division I from every angle and put forward a sweeping series of recommendations for modernization. Our goal has been to ensure that our Division I systems fundamentally support the needs of current and future student-athletes." The Committee included P12 representatives Patrick Chun, WSU AD and Bob Jacobsen, Cal faculty athletic rep.

The Committee has just issued its final report available here - https://images.saymedia-content.com/.ima...123022.pdf

Like most committee reports, it offers recommendations for others to take forward. But it also punted on key issues including NIL and the employment status of athletes. The Committee said that the NCAA cannot address these issues without Congressional action. Emphasis below is mine.

The contents of this report represent the deliberations, evaluations, and actions on some of the biggest challenges facing Division I athletics. In our time, we have made great strides in achieving that charge. However, many issues remain unaddressed. In the vast majority of those cases – as it pertains to issues such as name, image & likeness standards, the employment status of student-athletes, and the unique interests of student-athletes in the highest revenue-generating athletic programs – this stems from legal and other uncertainties. The NCAA is prepared and eager to engage on these issues. There’s no question that finding fair, sustainable, and equitable resolutions to each issue will be essential to Division I’s future. We simply need a clear, stable framework under which to address them.

Congress is the only entity that can grant that stability. Since the next phase of NCAA transformation will hinge on these issues, the NCAA has initiated and established a Board of Governors Subcommittee on Congressional Engagement. They will now take responsibility for the advancement of the unfinished pieces of the Transformation Committee’s work where the NCAA currently lacks the ability to self-impose changes on its own. The Subcommittee will also lead the NCAA’s strategy for engaging,  motivating, and collaborating with Congress over the coming year.

In a very related story, college football coaches know that tampering with their players is rampant but won't do anything about it.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-footba...h-forward/

[Spiny_Norman]

The NCAA formed a Transformation Committee in October, 2021 to "examine issues pertaining to Division I from every angle and put forward a sweeping series of recommendations for modernization. Our goal has been to ensure that our Division I systems fundamentally support the needs of current and future student-athletes." The Committee included P12 representatives Patrick Chun, WSU AD and Bob Jacobsen, Cal faculty athletic rep.

The Committee has just issued its final report available here - https://images.saymedia-content.com/.ima...123022.pdf

Like most committee reports, it offers recommendations for others to take forward. But it also punted on key issues including NIL and the employment status of athletes. The Committee said that the NCAA cannot address these issues without Congressional action. Emphasis below is mine.

The contents of this report represent the deliberations, evaluations, and actions on some of the biggest challenges facing Division I athletics. In our time, we have made great strides in achieving that charge. However, many issues remain unaddressed. In the vast majority of those cases – as it pertains to issues such as name, image & likeness standards, the employment status of student-athletes, and the unique interests of student-athletes in the highest revenue-generating athletic programs – this stems from legal and other uncertainties. The NCAA is prepared and eager to engage on these issues. There’s no question that finding fair, sustainable, and equitable resolutions to each issue will be essential to Division I’s future. We simply need a clear, stable framework under which to address them.

Congress is the only entity that can grant that stability. Since the next phase of NCAA transformation will hinge on these issues, the NCAA has initiated and established a Board of Governors Subcommittee on Congressional Engagement. They will now take responsibility for the advancement of the unfinished pieces of the Transformation Committee’s work where the NCAA currently lacks the ability to self-impose changes on its own. The Subcommittee will also lead the NCAA’s strategy for engaging,  motivating, and collaborating with Congress over the coming year.

In a very related story, college football coaches know that tampering with their players is rampant but won't do anything about it.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-footba...h-forward/