Commentary: SC Bill to Hide Payments to Athletes From Public Scrutiny Is a Betrayal

Commentary: SC bill to hide payments to athletes from public scrutiny is a betrayal

No rational justification exists to hide from public scrutiny and oversight millions of dollars in annual spending by S.C. universities just because the money is supposed to be paid to athletes.

Bill to hide SC college payments to athletes from public scrutiny is a betrayal

A University of South Carolina student shuttle heads down Pendleton Street in Columbia, South Carolina, in 2020. (File photo by Travis Bell/STATEHOUSE CREATIVES/Special to the SC Daily Gazette)The bill to shelter millions of dollars in contracts between schools and athletes now pending in the South Carolina Senate is a betrayal. It is a betrayal of a commitment made by the General Assembly to the people of South Carolina more than 50 years ago w…

Bill To Hide From Public Scrutiny Payments From Schools To Athletes Is A Betrayal

The bill to shelter millions of dollars in contracts between schools and athletes now pending in the South Carolina Senate is a betrayal. It is a betrayal of a commitment made by the General Assembly to the people of South…