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Mark Few advocates for NCAA student-athletes before Senate Commerce Committee

The winds of change are sweeping through college sports. Just a day after longtime Gonzaga Athletic Director Mike Roth formally announced his retirement effective in August of this year, representing a major change for Gonzaga at the local level, Mark Few flew out to Washington D.C. to share his thoughts with the Senate Commerce Committee on the NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) rights debate that has garnered the attention of state and federal legislative bodies and raised the possibility of a national law related to it—a prospective change that could have significant ramifications across collegiate athletics.

Why was Mark Few speaking at a Senate Committee hearing?