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Wednesday 30 OctOber 2019

NCAA board

approves STEELERS

athlete

compensation
for image, RALLY

likeness

By RALPH D. RUSSO
AP College Sports Writer
The NCAA took the first
step Tuesday toward al-
lowing amateur athletes to
cash in on their fame, vot-
ing unanimously to permit
them to "benefit from the
use of their name, image
and likeness."
The nation's largest govern-
ing body for college sports
and its member schools
now must figure out how
to allow athletes to profit
while still maintaining rules
regarding amateurism. The
NCAA Board of Governors,
meeting at Emory Univer-
sity in Atlanta, directed
each of the NCAA's three
divisions to create the nec-
essary new rules immedi-
ately and have them in
place no later than Janu-
ary 2021.
Board chair Michael Drake,
the president of Ohio State
University, said the NCAA
must embrace change
and modernize "to provide
the best possible experi-
ence for college athletes."
But such changes will
come with limitations, he
said.
"The board is emphasiz-
ing that change must be
consistent with the val-
ues of college sports and
higher education and not
turn student-athletes into
employees of institutions,"
Drake told The Associated
Press.
A group of NCAA admin- Dolphins keep winless streak
istrators has been explor-
ing since May the ways in alive with loss in Pittsburgh
which athletes could be
allowed to receive com-
pensation for the use of
their names, images and Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster (19) hauls in a pass from quarterback Mason Rudolph before taking it for a
likenesses. touchdown with Miami Dolphins defensive back Chris Lammons (30) defending during the second half of an NFL football game in
Pittsburgh, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019.
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