Alabama AD Greg Byrne releases statement on Trump executive order
President Donald Trump signed an executive order that will prohibit third-party, pay-for-play payments and directs the Secretary of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board to clarify that athletes are amateurs and not employees, the White House announced.
Shortly after the executive order was announced on Thursday, Alabama director of athletics Greg Byrne released a statement via social media, applauding the president’s actions.
“The University of Alabama applauds the executive order from President Trump to help ensure a long-term, sustainable model of intercollegiate athletics,” Byrne said in a statement.
“We are proud of our broad-based athletics programs and strongly support future regulatory and congressional action that will preserve these opportunities for student-athletes.”
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According to On3’s Pete Nakos, “the NCAA and Power Five leaders have long pursued Congressional action on Capitol Hill, most recently with the introduction of the SCORE Act in the House The executive order prohibits third-party, pay-for-play payments but “does not apply to legitimate, fair-market-value compensation that a third party provides to an athlete, such as for a brand endorsement,” according to the White House’s release.
“… An executive order streamlines some of the top items on the NCAA’s wishlist. The order ‘requires the preservation and, where possible, expansion of opportunities for scholarships and collegiate athletic competition in women’s and non-revenue sports.’”
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