Former Holy Cross Football Player Wants NCAA Reform

[Lehigh Football Nation]

http://www.arlnow.com/2014/12/02/moran-introduces-bill-to-reform-broken-college-sports-system/

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/sports/college-sports-reform-may-merit-presidential-commission.html?_r=1


Less than two months before leaving office for good, Rep. Jim Moran has introduced legislation to try to reform the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Moran is a former college athlete, havingplayed football (http://www.arlnow.com/2014/08/28/looking-back-moran-the-fighter-legislator/) at Holy Cross, and said in a press release that the current system is broken, neither sufficiently protecting the student athletes nor effectively regulating the schools’ allotment of funding.

“We know our intercollegiate athletic system is broken. Scandal after scandal in the news continues to undermine our faith in the integrity of the intercollegiate athletic system,” Moran said in the release. “Despite piecemeal efforts at reform, we still see gaps that leave our student athletes vulnerable, whether through due process or appropriate health protections.”

Moran is proposing a “Presidential Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Reform,” which would be a “blue ribbon commission” that includes members of Congress, college sports and education experts.


xeyebrowx Interesting.

[Bill]

I for one am glad that our elected representatives wish to devote their valuable time to such important national issues.xrolleyesxxrolleyesxxblahx

[CasualFan]

Is it broken? Yes.

Is this the way to fix it? No.

(imho)

[Sycamore62]

I swear, when I saw this headline, I thought it was a joke and was about Sader87

[Pard4Life]

Congress *should* be involved, theoretically, with fixing college athletics, which have become utterly insane since the NCAA and major universities have a major incentive to derail any progress or tilt the field in their favor. However, Congress, which is supposed to be a neutral arbiter and 'moral authority' on protecting public interest and principles of fairness, cannot be trusted to do anything correctly since the body is inherently corrupted by the same forces corrupting college athletics.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Congress *should* be involved, theoretically, with fixing college athletics, which have become utterly insane since the NCAA and major universities have a major incentive to derail any progress or tilt the field in their favor. However, Congress, which is supposed to be a neutral arbiter and 'moral authority' on protecting public interest and principles of fairness, cannot be trusted to do anything correctly since the body is inherently corrupted by the same forces corrupting college athletics.

+1. And the only thing worse than Congress are the individual state congresses... who are even less trustworthy when it comes to protecting dear old State U.

[DFW HOYA]

Always beware the phrases "blue ribbon commission" and "Congress".

[bonarae]

Too little too late? xsmhx

[ngineer]

+1

[Sitting Bull]

Always beware the phrases "blue ribbon commission" and "Congress".

And "fixing"......

[citdog]

+1. And the only thing worse than Congress are the individual state congresses... who are even less trustworthy when it comes to protecting dear old State U.

The sovereign States will decide what occurs within their boundaries and thank you to stay out of their domestic affairs. You'll not get your nose bloodied again that way.