Brand defends NCAA's tax-exempt status
16th Nov 2006, 11:32 GMT
NCAA President Myles Brand aggressively defended the organization's tax-exempt status in a 25-page letter to Congress, arguing the primary goal of the NCAA is education. Brand pointed to recent academic reforms that increased eligibility standards and studies showing the average SAT scores of athletes are higher than those of the general student body as examples that the NCAA is committed first to educating athletes. The response was sent Monday to Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Calif.
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