SI.com · Mar 11, 2019
Rep. Mark Walker Explains Why Congress Is Adding to the NCAA's Amateurism Battles
A bill that would amend the definition of a qualified amateur sports organization in the tax code challenges the NCAA in a novel way, and the congressman behind it says there's a bipartisan push for progress. Plus, the late Dan Jenkins's best college football stories and the rest of this week's Punt, Pass & Pork.
The NCAA and the schools that run it have long figured that if something doesn’t go their way in federal court in Oakland, they can run across the country to Washington and have congressional Republicans legislate away the pain. If those pesky athletes keep demanding a bigger slice of an ever expanding pie, then the status quo can be maintained as fast as a bill can become a law.
