The two United States Senators from Oregon and six colleagues on Tuesday sent a letter to an NCAA commission that recommended "a strong, uniform policy" for prospective student-athletes who have "serious misconduct violations" in their past.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., co-signed the letter to the NCAA Commission to Combat Sexual Violence, along with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Sen. Bob Casey, D-Penn., Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.
"As many of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA's) member colleges and conferences continue to change their policies to address prospective student-athletes with serious misconduct violations, we urge the commission to make recommendations that enable the NCAA to create a strong, uniform policy that addresses all prospective student-athletes," the senators wrote.