Charlie Baker Op-Ed: College sports are overdue for change

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Charlie Baker Op-Ed: College sports are overdue for change
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The NCAA seeks to work with Congress to create new, modern opportunities for 500,000 student-athletes.

Written by Charlie Baker, president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association College sports deliver $4 billion in college aid annually to 500,000 student-athletes, serve as the premier U.S. stage for many women’s athletic competitions, and are America’s Olympic pipeline with 75 percent of 2022 Team USA attending NCAA schools. College sports are a uniquely American treasure, providing life lessons to its participants while contributing to society in so many ways.

We’re thrilled by the countless stories of how NIL compensation is improving student-athletes’ lives — and even the lives of others through their charitable work. However, just as anyone that owns a stock or buys a house in this country is afforded consumer protections, student-athletes entering NIL contracts should be too.

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