HR 5464
101th Congress
House
Education
Athletes
College sports
Due process of law
Coach and Athlete's Bill of Rights
Introduced: August 3, 1990
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 4, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.
Aug 3, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Aug 3, 1990
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Coach and Athlete's Bill of Rights - Declares that no coach or player for a team associated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) shall be suspended from the team or reprimanded for actions with respect to the team without access to procedural and substantive due process rules. States that no institution of higher education shall be suspended or prohibited from participating in intercollegiate athletics by the NCAA without access to due process rules.
Directs the NCAA to adopt rules for procedural and substantive due process of law for individuals and institutions suspended or prohibited from intercollegiate athletics by such Association.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.
Committees of jurisdiction
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