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NCAA Votes to Permit College Athletes to Make Money

美国大学体育协会投票支持大学运动员赚钱

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has taken the first step toward permitting college athletes to make money from their "name, image and likeness."

美国大学体育协会已经迈出了第一步，允许大学运动员通过他们的“名字、形象和肖像”获利。

The NCAA Board of Governors voted on the issue Tuesday during a meeting at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

周二，美国大学体育协会的董事会在乔治亚州亚特兰大市的埃默里大学举行的会议上，对这个问题进行了投票。

The United States' largest governing body for college sports said it understands that it "must embrace change to provide the best possible experience for college athletes."

美国最大的大学体育管理机构表示，理解“必须接受改变，为大学运动员提供最好的体验”。

NCAA rules have long barred players from employing agents. It has also generally refused to let schools pay players.

美国大学体育协会的规则一直禁止球员雇佣经纪人。而且普遍拒绝让学校给球员发放薪资。

The board has asked each of the NCAA's three divisions to begin creating new rules that protect amateurism and permit players to make money. The divisions must establish the new rules by January 2021.

理事会已经要求该协会的三个部门开始制定新规，保护球员的业余性，允许他们赚钱。各部门必须在2021年1月前制定好新规。

Board chair Michael V. Drake said in a statement Tuesday, "The board is emphasizing that change must be consistent with the values of college sports and higher education and not turn student-athletes into employees of institutions."

董事会主席迈克尔·V·德雷克在周二的一份声明中表示，“董事会强调，改变必须符合大学体育和高等教育的价值观，而不是把学生运动员变成机构的雇员。

Late last month, California passed a law permitting college athletes to hire agents and make money from endorsement deals. The law protects athletes who sign such deals from dismissal by their team.

上月末，加州通过了一项法律，允许大学运动员雇佣经纪人，并通过代言协议赚钱。法律保护签署此类协议的运动员避免被所在球队解雇。

The California law is set to take effect in 2023. Other states are moving on similar legislation that could go into effect as soon as 2020.

这项加州法律将于2023年生效。其他州也在推进类似的立法，最早可能在2020年生效。

The NCAA has 1,100 member schools and almost 500,000 athletes. It has refused to pay players in most cases. But it has permitted some exceptions. Olympians, for example, can accept winnings they receive from earning medals. And major athletic conferences have been able to give players wages of between $2,000 and $4,000 a year.

美国大学体育协会拥有1100所成员学校和近50万名运动员。在大多数情况下，它都拒绝为球员发放薪资。但也有一些例外情况。例如，奥运选手可以接受他们所获奖牌的奖金。而且大型运动会每年能够为运动员带来2,000至4,000美元的工资。

The NCAA reported $1.1 billion in earnings in 2017.

该协会2017年的收入为11亿美元。

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