US EditionUSOPC asks for tweak of college sports bill to set minimum spending limits for Olympic programs
UNITED STATES, JUL 21 – USOPC urges Congress to require colleges to maintain current spending percentages on Olympic sports to protect programs that support 75% of U.S. Olympians, officials said.
- USOPC CEO Sarah Hirshland and chair Gene Sykes sent a letter last week requesting changes to the SCORE Act to protect Olympic sports programs in college athletics.
- The SCORE Act has advanced through a House subcommittee and is scheduled for markup this week; the legislation aims to regulate college athletics and consolidate name, image, and likeness rules under a single federal framework.
- Hirshland and Sykes expressed skepticism about the bill's safeguard of Olympic sports through a 16-team minimum, fearing it allows schools to cut or starve many programs.
- Starting this month, schools can distribute up to $20.5 million in NIL compensation to athletes, with the majority of these funds going to football and basketball players, the sports that contribute most to college athletics revenue.
- USOPC urges legislation to require schools to maintain spending levels on Olympic sports, warning that without strong protections, non-revenue sports vital to the Olympic pipeline could decline.
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U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee leaders are pushing lawmakers for tweaks to legislation that would regulate college sports by adding guarantees that schools will spend the same percentage on Olympic programs in the future as they do now. USOPC CEO Sarah Hirshland told The Associated Press on Monday that a letter she and chair Gene Sykes sent to members of Congress last week was intended to restart a conversation about the SCORE Act, which …
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USOPC asks for tweak of college sports bill to set minimum spending limits for Olympic programs
U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee leaders are pushing lawmakers for tweaks to legislation that would regulate college sports by adding guarantees that schools will spend the same percentage on Olympic programs in the future as they do now.
USOPC seeks minimum spending limits for college Olympic sports
U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee leaders are pushing lawmakers for tweaks to legislation that would regulate college sports by adding guarantees that schools will spend the same percentage on Olympic programs in the future as they do now.
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