U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, will host a roundtable on March 10 to discuss reforms in college athletics aimed at protecting students and expanding their opportunities for success. The event will feature panelists including former Louisiana State University basketball player Collis Temple and LSU deputy athletic director Julie Cromer.
The roundtable is part of ongoing efforts by Cassidy to address challenges facing student-athletes. He is also seeking input from stakeholders on how Congress can help resolve issues affecting all student-athletes. Responses are requested by April 10 via email.
Other panelists scheduled to participate include Jim Carr, President and CEO of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics; Emily Surcey, a former Division I student-athlete and development officer at Samford University Athletics; and Bernard Dennis III, principal at Jackson Lewis PC. The event will take place at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington D.C., beginning at 10:00 AM Eastern Time.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee works to legislate on public health, education, workforce issues and retirement programs with the goal of protecting health and supporting worker rights, according to the official website. In the current Congress, Cassidy serves as chair of this committee according to the official website.
The committee influences federal regulations affecting health and education across the United States according to the official website, provides oversight of federal laws and agencies in health and labor according to the official website, and focuses on federal policy in these sectors while overseeing agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) according to the official website.
Members of the press who wish to attend in person are asked to RSVP.
