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Committee backs bill to preserve amateurism in Wyoming high-school sports
Summary
The Senate Education Committee advanced Senate File 53, a bill to prohibit paying high-school athletes for competition and to leave enforcement to the Wyoming High School Activities Association; sponsors said the bill excludes rodeo and allows customary awards and college signing items.
The Senate Education Committee on Feb. 16 voted to advance Senate File 53, legislation intended to preserve amateurism in Wyoming high-school athletics.
Senator Crum presented the bill as a measure to prevent payments to participants for high-school competition while permitting awards, travel support, trophies and customary college signing items. He said the bill targets pay-for-play recruitment that could advantage larger schools.
Committee members asked whether similar measures exist in other states; Senator Crum answered that several states have passed comparable laws. Public testimony included Boyd Brown of the Wyoming Association of School Administrators, who said he supports the measure and that the Wyoming High School Activities Association should continue to direct enforcement.
The committee moved and seconded the bill and then took a roll-call vote. The clerk recorded unanimous support among present members, and the committee advanced the bill to the next legislative stage.
