President Trump's executive order on college sports
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The Trump administration Thursday released a long-anticipated executive order on college sports, an attempt to provide federal guidance to the wild world of big money that has transformed collegiate athletics in recent years.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order mandating that federal authorities clarify whether college athletes can be considered employees of the schools they play for in an attempt to create clearer national standards in the NCAA’s name, image and likeness era.
The SCORE Act meets the NCAA’s demands and would prohibit student athletes from being recognized as college employees.
Mohawk Valley Community College's Dominic DiMaggio is the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 3 Athletic Director of the Year. DiMaggio is a 2010 graduate of Rome Free Academy.