NCAA delays votes on key, ground-breaking legislation

The NCAA delayed votes on legislation that would permit college athletes to cash in on their popularity for the first time and to transfer to another school without having to sit out one year.

The issues, originally scheduled to be voted on by the Division I Council on Monday, were expected to be the main storylines of this week’s NCAA annual convention. There was no announcement on when a vote might be taken.

NCAA President Mark Emmert told The Associated Press on Saturday that he recommended to the association’s two top governing bodies to put off votes on name, image and likeness and the transfer proposals because of a letter he received from the Department of Justice about potential antitrust violations.