I must have missed this when it was first reported. Apparently a group is lobbying congress on behalf of this proposal.

Washington — A college-sports watchdog group wants Congress to radically overhaul the National Collegiate Athletic Association, proposing a limited antitrust exemption for the association to help it constrain runaway spending in big-time sports while better aligning commercial interests with education.

The proposed changes—which include caps on coaches’ compensation and new rights and benefits for players—would come through a proposed amendment to the Higher Education Act when it next comes up for renewal, according to a 70-page document reviewed by The Chronicle.

The plan’s authors, members of the Drake Group, call for a “College Athlete Protection Act,” which would, among other things, restructure the NCAA’s Executive Committee into a more independent body with the authority to enforce Congressionally approved limits on coaching compensation and sports spending. (The proposal suggests that coaches’ pay not exceed two times the national average of pay for full professors at doctoral institutions. According to a 2012 Drake Group analysis, that would have capped head coaches’ compensation at roughly $550,000.)


http://chronicle.com/blogs/players/watch...ncaa/33711

(01-02-2014 09:25 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  I must have missed this when it was first reported. Apparently a group is lobbying congress on behalf of this proposal.

Washington — A college-sports watchdog group wants Congress to radically overhaul the National Collegiate Athletic Association, proposing a limited antitrust exemption for the association to help it constrain runaway spending in big-time sports while better aligning commercial interests with education.

The proposed changes—which include caps on coaches’ compensation and new rights and benefits for players—would come through a proposed amendment to the Higher Education Act when it next comes up for renewal, according to a 70-page document reviewed by The Chronicle.

The plan’s authors, members of the Drake Group, call for a “College Athlete Protection Act,” which would, among other things, restructure the NCAA’s Executive Committee into a more independent body with the authority to enforce Congressionally approved limits on coaching compensation and sports spending. (The proposal suggests that coaches’ pay not exceed two times the national average of pay for full professors at doctoral institutions. According to a 2012 Drake Group analysis, that would have capped head coaches’ compensation at roughly $550,000.


http://chronicle.com/blogs/players/watch...ncaa/33711

Good luck on that one...

I think it would be hard to limit the pay in a free market capitalism economy. But Congress can do whatever the heck they want so...

Hope they come through.

There also needs to be restrictions placed upon the conferences to ensure they remain non-profit entities by limiting extraneous endeavors, such as TV channels.

Keep on wishing folks. Groups like these petition congress for all sorts of reasons. Congressmen play the game and put things forward while looking at each other with a nod and a wink. Big money wins while the lesser influential interest groups (notice I don't use the word "special") get some face time but generally are unable to affect a situation to this degree.

Keep on wishing though.