00:00Mr. Chairman, Mr. Cooper, is it fair to say that the NCAA is a repeat antitrust offender?
00:07Yes. And how many times has the NCAA lost in court on antitrust grounds?
00:12At least four times so far. And the NCAA still faces antitrust
00:16violation claims today, correct? Yes.
00:20The proposed house settlement contains both a salary cap and a roster cap.
00:25Should these be subject to antitrust scrutiny, and if so, why?
00:29Yes, because the NCAA should follow the same laws as every other business in this country.
00:38All of which are subject to antitrust laws unless they secure an exemption
00:43through collective bargaining like every other professional sports league in this country.
00:48Now, the NCAA has argued that an antitrust exemption is necessary to protect college
00:54athletics generally and is especially important to protect sports other than football and
00:59basketball. Do you think that an antitrust exemption would be appropriate?
01:04And how much would such an exemption affect the athletes?
01:10An exemption is not appropriate. And on the notion that there is not enough money
01:17is categorically false. In the Big Ten, the collective endowments of those universities
01:22is nearly $95 billion. And in terms of the spending in the Power Four, the average
01:32operating revenue for a Power Four institution was $158 million a year in 2022.
01:39Their spending on coaches salaries was $29 million a year per school and $27 million a year on admin.
01:47And their average spend on medical expenses was $1.9 million per school.
01:53And how much does that leave for the athletes?
01:56How much of the spending is on athletes? And on student aid, they spent $15 million
02:02on average per school.
02:04And you don't think an antitrust, why would an antitrust exemption not be appropriate?
02:10You said it wouldn't.
02:11An antitrust exemption wouldn't be appropriate because it would give the NCAA power to abuse
02:18the laws and force athletes to, I mean, not follow the same laws as every other business
02:26in this country. They would continue enriching themselves off the backs of athletes without
02:30paying their labor force.
02:33And if the NCAA wanted to protect Olympic sports at colleges, what are some of the things
02:37it could do?
02:39The NCAA has zero policies that protect Olympic sports currently.
02:43A simple thing they could do is mandating a one-year notice period where the NCAA has
02:51to give notice that they are planning or that a school is planning to cut a sport.
02:55They could also pass a policy that says if your school has over $100 million a year in
02:59revenue, you can't cut sports because you can't justify that you don't have enough
03:04revenue to support those sports.
03:06Mr. Albiero, you noted the importance of Title IX, but the GAO found that only less
03:13than 7% of schools comply with Title IX and the NCAA refuses to require Title IX compliance
03:20and even found systemic abuse to not violate their rules.
03:24Mr. Albiero, couldn't the NCAA act to ensure women have equal opportunity and they're
03:29not abused by their coaches?
03:33Thank you for the question.
03:35In my opinion, we strive very hard at the University of Louisville to comply to Title
03:42IX rules.
03:46Certainly as a coach of female sport and as a father of a daughter who happens to swim,
03:52I feel Title IX has been an amazing opportunity and created an opportunity for athletes to
03:59grow in a protection for women's sport.
04:01You're saying that at your school you do that.
04:03Sure.
04:03But the GAO found that less than 7% of schools comply with Title IX and the NCAA refuses
04:10to require Title IX compliance and even found systemic abuse to not violate their rules.
04:18Why shouldn't the NCAA be required to ensure women have equal opportunity and they're
04:23not abused by their coaches?
04:25Yeah, I'm not previewed to other things that are happening around the country, if
04:30I may.
04:31Mr. McIntosh, you said in your statement that, quote, it is extremely important to the educators
04:37at our institutions that the focus of a student athlete's college tenure remain based on
04:42education, unquote.
04:44If that is the case, then why do athletes miss class for sports if it is extremely important?
04:50Thank you, Ranking Member Nadler.
04:53I think it's important to note that 94% of our student athletes graduate.
04:58That's our most recent graduation rate.
05:01While the schedule can be difficult and time constraints can be tight, our student athletes
05:07have shown that they can be successful in over 140 diverse programs within our university.
05:16Gentleman's time has expired.
05:18I yield back.
05:20Now recognize Chairman Jordan for five minutes.
05:22Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
05:23Mr. McIntosh, if we follow Mr. Cooper's plan, what happens?
05:28Thank you, Chairman Jordan.
05:29I think
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