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Athlete safety and legal remedies emerge as flashpoints; advocates call for enforceable standards
Summary
The hearing included repeated calls for enforceable safety standards and dispute resolution. Athlete advocates said the SCORE Act as written lacks mechanisms for enforcement or for athletes to seek legal recourse; conference officials urged limited liability protections tied to compliance with federal rules.
Calls for enforceable athlete safety protections and access to legal remedies were a prominent theme at the hearing.
Ramogi Huma, executive director of the National College Players Association, told the committee Congress should act to require enforceable safety standards and an independent enforcement mechanism. “If the schools don’t do it, who does?” Huma asked, describing cases in which families said institutional processes failed after deaths and abuse. He urged party-level enforcement rather than self-policing by schools or the NCAA and said…
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