(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Getty ImagesFollowing several months of the NCAA railing against states proposing bills that would allow college athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness, the governing body is welcoming a Senate Working Group that’s looking to forcefully evolve the organization past its current ideology. It needs to be mentioned at the forefront that the Senate Working Group consists of Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah). This working group will serve as a forum for an ongoing bipartisan dialogue as we evaluate potential solutions.”Given the announcement, the NCAA has reacted with a brief statement of its own. “The NCAA, its member schools and conferences are committed to enhancing our rules while providing the best educational and athletic experience for our student-athletes,” a statement in reaction to the working group read. “They talked about how they wanted to voluntarily engage us,” Newsom recently said in regards to interactions with NCAA president Mark Emmert.

Source: Forbes December 06, 2019 18:22 UTC