Amelia Island, Fla. - NCAA President Charlie Baker said Monday he "dos anything" when asked about the college track and field committee announced by President Trump.
Last week, it was reported that President Trump would form a committee.
Although he spoke in conversations with league football coaches, men's and women's basketball coaches, athletic directors and other school officials, he focused on governance and pending House settlements but was asked in informal news about his ideas about the presidential committee.
"I think there's a fact that I think there's an interest in the execution side, and I think it's a fact that everyone is paying a lot of attention to the situation in college sports right now," Baker said.
“I did everything I could to help us get somewhere.”
Baker noted that the NCAA has spent time in Washington asking for congressional help on three major issues. The biggest of them: a pieced together state laws related to how college track and field work in various states; and whether student-athletes should be considered as employees.
"I think (Congress) can help us," ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips said in an interview with the ACC Network. "We have a very bold desire for national standards in terms of name, image and similarity. We need to make sure that some of the countries connected to Washington are connected to all 50 states because we have already done a piecemeal project and it really ruins college sports. This is a competition at the bottom. This is a legal legal protection. We cannot conduct legal situations legally. Three things for me are important to see if this can stand out from the committee. ”
“People in our office have spoken to people who are studying this work, but I don’t think they have decided to frame around the people they want to wear,” Baker said.
Asked if he felt the creation of the committee would increase the NCAA’s chances in legislative relief, Baker said: “I don’t have a crystal ball. But, I don’t know. I do think that at this point it’s obvious, it’s clear that people interested in college sports are clear that we do need to create something bad on some issues to create a tough thing.