As a member of the USOPC College Sports Sustainability Think Tank, Texas Athletics Chief of Staff Chris Plonsky joined the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee to announce its phase one priorities, which includes three concepts focused on sport sustainability, sport structure and vertical partnerships. The concepts were generated through three working groups, which convened during the fall of 2020.
"Athletics administrators across the country are committed to maintaining higher education access and broad-based collegiate sports for young men and women. These programs and the student-athletes in them are the backbone of our USA Olympics teams. We all must work creatively together to sustain these opportunities," Plonsky said.