LAS VEGAS – NCAA president Charlie Baker has taken a step to begin the conversation about athlete compensation.
Now, he’s looking to have the conversation that shapes the future of college sports.
“This is a conversation we need to have. It’s a conversation the folks in Division I and the NCAA want to have,” Baker said Wednesday. “Now, we need to actually have it and get somewhere with it.”
Tuesday morning, Baker set a letter to NCAA membership outlining a number of recommendations based on a listening tour he underwent through his first three months as president of the organization.
Within it, Baker recommended a system of direct compensation from schools to athletes. Within a new subdivision, members would be required to invest at least $30,000 per year per athlete for each of the school’s eligible athletes in an “educational trust fund.”
“Some people will say I’m going too far. Some people will say I didn’t go far enough,” Baker said.
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