Congress to Protect Athletes and Universities with Proposed National Collegiate Athletics Accountability Act

By Gregg Clifton   Representatives Charlie Dent (R-Pennsylvania) and Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) have introduced the National Collegiate Athletics Accountability Act (H.R. 2903), in a rare bi-partisan proposal. The Act, which would halt federal funds for colleges and universities refusing to take specified measures to protect student athletes and their schools in sports and academic activities, has been proposed as an amendment to the Higher Education Act of 1965.   Asserting that the NCAA h