Notre Dame president, Rev. John I. Jenkins, described the NCAA's proposed $2.7 billion settlement on Thursday—that would allow schools from the five major conferences to directly pay players via a revenue-sharing plan—as "undesirable in many respects and promising only temporary stability" but also called it "necessary to avoid what would be the bankruptcy of college athletics."
He also called on Congress to pass legislation that would supersede state laws, directly state that student-athletes weren't employees and would protect the NCAA and its schools from further potential anti-trust lawsuits:
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