Saving College Sports
Requires Protections for College Sports and Bans Pay-for-Play
What it does
Agencies must develop and implement plans to preserve and expand women's and non-revenue college sports and prohibit third-party pay-for-play.
Real-world impact
- Large college programs are directed to increase or maintain non-revenue scholarships and roster spots
- Bars third-party pay-for-play payments to athletes, while allowing fair-market endorsements
- Federal agencies will use funding, enforcement, and litigation to protect college athletics
Topics
Summary
This order directs federal action to preserve and expand college sports, especially women's and non-revenue programs, and to stop outside pay-for-play payments that bid up players.
It requires large athletic departments to increase or maintain scholarships and roster spots, calls for revenue-sharing to support non-revenue sports, and tasks the Departments of Education, Justice, and Labor and the Federal Trade Commission with plans and legal actions.
The goal is to protect scholarships, keep college athletics educational rather than professional, and safeguard the pipeline for Olympic athletes.
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