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| https://walker.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/walker-highlights-student-athlete-equity-act-ahead-his-ncaa-event-aspen | Walker Highlights Student-Athlete Equity Act Ahead of His NCAA Event at the Aspen Institute | 2019-12-17 | 2019 | 2019-12 | Republican | House | NC | Mark Walker | W000819 | walker.house.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Representative Mark Walker (R-N.C.) released the following statement on the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Senate working group meeting and his taking part in the Aspen Institute's Future of College Sports: Government's Role in Athlete Pay event this afternoon: It's an ignominious start to the Senate working group when their first meeting is with the chief apologist for an exploitative system and not with the student-athletes that are being exploited. The inequity and injustices in the current NCAA model need to end quickly. That won't happen by ceding power to the person who has blocked progress for decades. My friend Representative Cedric Richmond and I have the only viable legislation introduced in Congress, the Student-Athlete Equity Act, to end the NCAA's moratorium on player's rights to their name, image, and self-worth. In March, Walker introduced the Student-Athlete Equity Act bi-partisan legislation that would amend the definition of a qualified amateur sports organization in the tax code to remove the restriction on student-athletes using or being compensated for use of their name, image and likeness forcing the NCAA to change its current model. Since then, the issue has been thrust into the national spotlight as California passed similar legislation, the Fair Pay to Play Act. In October, Walker hosted a roundtable discussion with ESPN analyst and former college basketball player Jay Bilas, former NFL and NCAA athletes, U.S. Representative Cedric Richmond (D-La.), U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah), U.S. Representative John Yarmuth (D-Ky.), and thought leaders in student-athletes rights. Read the full text of the Student-Athlete Equity Act here. More information on the Aspen event here. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |