Here’s a summary of the College Athletes Players Association’s 11 goals:
*Limit contact in practice and have an independent concussion expert on the sidelines during games.
*Give players a “cost of attendance” stipend, as NCAA officials have proposed but not passed.
*Force schools to pay sports-related medical expenses.
*Increase graduation rates by creating a fund that former student-athletes can access.
*A player kicked off the team but in good academic standing should be permitted to remain on a non-athletic scholarship.
*Prohibit universities from pulling the scholarship of a player who has suffered a permanent injury.
*Establish uniform safety guidelines.
*Allow players to benefit directly from endorsement opportunities.
*Do not punish student-athletes by taking away, for example, postseason opportunities because of the transgressions of boosters or coaches.
*Allow players to transfer, regardless of whether the university wishes to sign a release.
*Allow players to transfer one time without having to sit out a season.
