Three U.S. senators continued their pressure on major-college athletics programs Thursday when they announced they have written a letter to the CEOs of each of the schools in the five power conferences, demanding responses to questions in 10 areas of athlete welfare.

The five-page letter, from Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), comes a little more than two months after the Senate Commerce Committee — which Rockefeller chairs — held a hearing in Washington at which NCAA President Mark Emmert appeared and absorbed criticism from a variety of committee members, including McCaskill and Booker.

The senators say in the letter they "have grown increasingly frustrated with the lack of meaningful progress by the NCAA and its member institutions" in addressing what they termed "weak protections currently given to student-athletes … under the auspices of the NCAA and its amateurism model" regarding health care, academics and financial coverage of athletes' full cost of attending college.



http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/col.../15837859/



Link to a pdf of actual letter sent to presidents

http://www.rockefeller.senate.gov/public...CEB6CEF55E

(09-18-2014 02:40 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Three U.S. senators continued their pressure on major-college athletics programs Thursday when they announced they have written a letter to the CEOs of each of the schools in the five power conferences, demanding responses to questions in 10 areas of athlete welfare.

The five-page letter, from Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), comes a little more than two months after the Senate Commerce Committee — which Rockefeller chairs — held a hearing in Washington at which NCAA President Mark Emmert appeared and absorbed criticism from a variety of committee members, including McCaskill and Booker.

The senators say in the letter they "have grown increasingly frustrated with the lack of meaningful progress by the NCAA and its member institutions" in addressing what they termed "weak protections currently given to student-athletes … under the auspices of the NCAA and its amateurism model" regarding health care, academics and financial coverage of athletes' full cost of attending college.



http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/col.../15837859/



Link to a pdf of actual letter sent to presidents

http://www.rockefeller.senate.gov/public...CEB6CEF55E

Hilarious. 3 senators who have passed exactly 1 budget in 7 years complaining about the NCAA moving slowly.

Everything is right on schedule with the NCAA changes.

Welcome to the Dog and Pony show.

So how long before a few senators write letters concerned with the costs of college athletics. A lot of it is caused by the NCAA so easily dealt with. Considering most athletic programs are heavily subsidized.

All you need to know about the chairman of this committee: