01-02-2014, 09:25 PM
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
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