Trusteeship - March/April 2021 - 6

NEWS IN BRIEF
NCAA Delays Vote on
Name, Image, and Likeness

A LETTER FROM THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT to the National
Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) on January 8 prompted the
association's governing bodies to postpone their vote on policies
regarding student athletes' name, image, and likeness (NIL).
USA Today obtained a copy of the letter and reported Assistant
Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Makan Delrahim warned
NCAA President Mark Emmert that NCAA's prospective policies
may raise antitrust concerns from the Department of Justice (DOJ).
" Ultimately, the antitrust laws demand that college athletes, like
everyone else in our free market economy, benefit appropriately from
competition, " wrote Delrahim in the letter.
Emmert expressed frustration with the DOJ's stance in the past.
Yet, in a response letter to Delrahim obtained by the New York Times,
Emmert stated, " We believe, as courts have regularly held, that our
current amateurism and other rules are indeed fully compliant " with
federal antitrust law.
The NCAA faces increasing pressure to modify its policies to allow
student athletes to profit off the use of their name, image, or likeness.
Six states, including California and Florida, have already passed
various NIL-related laws and will continue to challenge the NCAA's
current policies. The NCAA has not officially announced a date for the
rescheduled vote.

Biden's
Executive Orders
Are Promising
for International
Students

MMIGRATION REFORM is central to President
Joe Biden's executive actions during his first 100
days in office. On January 20, 2021, President Biden

revoked several of former President Donald Trump's
executive orders and related proclamations, including
Executive Order 13780 (Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States).
By ending the travel ban to Muslim-majority and
African countries and reaffirming their support for
the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
program, the Biden-Harris administration is not only
making it easier for more international students to
study in the United States, but is also encouraging
international graduate students in STEM fields to stay
stateside after graduation.
These executive orders align with Biden's campaign
promises to protect dreamers and their families,
exempt recent graduates of PhD programs in STEM
fields from visa caps, and give green cards to foreign
graduates of U.S. doctoral programs, according to " The
Biden Plan for Securing Our Values as a Nation of
Immigrants " on his campaign website.
" These first executive orders are a vital component
of restoring the confidence of international students
and scholars as they choose where to study and
contribute to U.S. campuses, our economy, and
our communities, " said Esther D. Brimmer, the
executive director and CEO of NAFSA: Association of
International Educators.

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