NCAA President Charlie Baker is set to introduce new student-athlete compensation proposals at this week's SBJ Intercollegiate Athletics Forum, per Sports Illustrated's Pat Forde. From Baker's letter: "First, we should make it possible for all Division I colleges and universities to offer student-athletes any level of enhanced educational benefits they deem appropriate. Second, rules should change for any Division I school, at their choice, to enter into name, image and likeness licensing opportunities with their student-athletes. [...] Third, a subdivision comprised of institutions with the highest resources to invest in their student-athletes should be required to do two things: Within the framework of Title IX, invest at least $30,000 per year into an enhanced educational trust fund for at least half of the institution's eligible student-athletes. Commit to work with their peer institutions in this subdivision to create rules that may differ from the rules in place for the rest of Division I. Those rules could include a wide range of policies, such as scholarship commitment and roster size, recruitment, transfers or NIL." More. (link)
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