NOTE: The 2023 Washington D.C. Symposium at the National Press Club will be announced in November of 2022 because its date is dependent on the issuance of the Congressional calendar for the 118th Congress which does not occur until then.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2022 THE ALLEN SACK NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM – ADVANCING INTEGRITY IN COLLEGE SPORT
View the proceedings of each session, read the biographies of all panelists, access links to all federal legislation discussed in each panel session, and view other college sport-related bills filed in the 116th and 117th Congress.
Panel Session #1: Giving College Athletes the Right to Unionize, 9:00-10:45am ET
- Watch video of Panel Session 1
- PANELIST BIOGRAPHIES: Bob Costas (Moderator), Senator Christopher Murphy, Michael Hausfeld, Kaiya McCullough, Andrew Zimbalist
- LEGISLATION: S. 1929, the College Athlete Right to Organize Act, sponsored by Senator Christopher Murphy (CT) and its House companion bill (same text) H.R. 3895 sponsored by Representative Jamaal Bowman (NY)
Panel Session #2: Mandating a College Athletes Bill of Rights, 11:00am-12:30pm ET
- Watch video of Panel Session 2
- PANELIST BIOGRAPHIES: Christine Brennan (Moderator), Senator Cory Booker, Brendan Cole, Howard Bryant, Tammi Gaw
- LEGISLATION: S.4724 College Athletes Bill of Rights sponsored by Senator Cory Booker (NJ-D)
Other Athlete Protection Legislation
- LEGISLATION: H.R. 5817, NCAA Accountability Act sponsored by David Kustoff (TN) and its Senate companion bill (same text) S.3943 sponsored by Senator Marsha Blackburn (TN)
- LEGISLATION: H.R. 7336, Gender Equity in College Sports Commission Act by Representative Carolyn Maloney (NY)
- LEGISLATION: H.R.4855, Braeden’s Commission: Protect our Athletes from Exertional Heat Stroke sponsored by Representative Christopher Smith (NJ)
- LEGISLATION: H.R.426, Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2021 sponsored by Representative Gregory Steube (FL) and its Senate companion bill (same text) S.251 sponsored by Senator Mike Lee (UT)
The Drake Group National Awards, 1:20-2:00pm ET
- Watch video of National Awards/”Vision for the Future”
- PRESENTER AND AWARD WINNER BIOGRAPHIES: Andrew Zimbalist, U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro, Allen Sack, Sedona Prince, Jessica Jurcek, Povich Center/Howard Center Student Journalists
- Commemoration of the Naming of the Symposium in honor of ALLEN SACK
- The Drake Group National Public Service Award to the HONORABLE CHRISTOPHER MURPHY, United States Senator for Connecticut
- The Drake Group Presidential Award to SEDONA PRINCE – University of Oregon – Basketball Player and Activist
- The Drake Group Student Journalism Prize for Investigative Reporting on Intercollegiate Athletics to JESSICA JURCEK – University of Minnesota – Twin Cities for “The consequences of cutting indoor track…”
- The Drake Group Student Journalism Prize for Investigative Reporting on Intercollegiate Athletics to STUDENT JOURNALISTS – Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism and the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland Philip Merrill College of Journalism for “Unlevel Playing Fields”
Panel Session #3: Name, Image, and Likeness Bills from Both Sides of the Aisle, 2:00-3:30pm
- Watch video of Panel Session #3
- PANELIST BIOGRAPHIES: Kevin Blackistone (Moderator), U.S. Representative Lori Trahan, The Honorable Tom McMillen, Casey Schwab, Julie Sommer
- LEGISLATION: H.R. 850, the College Athlete Freedom Act sponsored by Representative Lori Trahan (MA) and its Senate companion bill (same text) S.238 sponsored by Senator Christopher Murphy (CT)
Other Pending NIL Legislation
- LEGISLATION: H.R. 2841, the Student Athlete Level Playing Field Act sponsored by Representative Anthony Gonzalez (OH)
- LEGISLATION: H.R. 3379, the Modernizing the Collegiate Student Athlete Experience Act sponsored by Representative Steve Chabot (OH)
- LEGISLATION: S.414, the Amateur Athletes Protection and Compensation Act of 2021 sponsored by Senator Jerry Moran (KS)
- LEGISLATION: S.4004, the Fairness in Collegiate Athletics Act sponsored by Senator Marco Rubio (FL)
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