COLUMBIA, Mo. — A couple of months ago, Missouri athletics went to Washington.
Posing for a photo in front of the U.S. Capitol building after visiting with the state’s congressional delegation were Mizzou athletics director Laird Veatch, men’s basketball coach Dennis Gates, women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper and wrestling coach Brian Smith. They’d stopped by, according to a social media post announcing their visit, “to discuss initiatives to help navigate the future of college athletics.”
Since that early April trip to D.C., college sports’ path forward cleared mildly with the approval of the landmark House v. NCAA settlement.