The one-day symposium is a series of three expert panels, each focusing on a bill or bills pending before Congress. Panelists include elected representatives sponsoring or cosponsoring such legislation, academic experts, higher education leaders and current or former college athlete stakeholders who have been affected by the issue. Each panel will be moderated by a nationally recognized sports journalist: Bob Costas, sportscaster known for his long tenure with NBC Sports (1980 through 2019), winner of 28 Emmy awards for his work, and prime-time host of 12 Olympic Games, Kevin Blackistone, Washington Post sports columnist, ESPN panelist, National Public Radio contributor and University of Maryland Professor of Sports Journalism, and Christine Brennan, an award-winning national sports columnist for USA Today, a commentator for CNN, ABC News, PBS NewsHour and National Public Radio. For more information and to view the Symposium program, please visit our website. Please contact CollegeSportsSymposium@gmail.com with any questions.

COVID-19 Policy: All attendees must be fully vaccinated with boosters. If unvaccinated: if for a medical exemption, a letter from a doctor on official letterhead stating they have a medical condition that does not allow them to be vaccinated for COVID-19; if for a religious exemption, a letter from a priest or rabbi (or equivalent) on official letterhead stating how/why a vaccination is not possible for the person claiming exemption for religious reasons; and at least 3 hours in advance of the event, proof of a negative PCR test taken within the last 24 hours. These are mandated National Press Club restrictions which may be updated based on D.C. COVID-19 conditions at the time of the event.

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