VOA慢速英语2019 美国大学体育协会投票允许大学生运动员赚钱（在线收听）

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，允许大学生运动员通过他们的“名字、肖像”赚钱。

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

美国大学体育协会理事会周二在乔治亚州亚特兰大市埃默里大学举行的会议上对该问题进行了投票。

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."

这家美国最大的大学体育管理机构表示，它懂得该协会“必须拥抱变革，为大学生运动员提供最佳的可能体验。”

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定一直禁止运动员聘请经纪人。它通常也拒绝学校向运动员付钱。

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.

该理事会已经要求美国大学体育协会三个部门各自开始制定新规定，以保护业余原则并允许运动员赚钱。这些部门必须在2021年1月之前制定出新规定。

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."

理事会主席迈克尔·德雷克周二在一份声明中表示：“董事会强调，变革必须与大学体育和高等教育的价值观相符，并且不能将学生运动员变成机构的员工。”

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.

上个月底，加州通过了一项法律，允许大学生运动员聘请经纪人并通过代言协议赚钱。这项法律保护签署此类协议的运动员不被其运动队开除。

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.

这项加州法律定于2023年生效。其它州也在制定类似法律，最快可能于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. 

美国大学体育协会拥有1100所会员学校和近50万名运动员。该协会在大多数情况下都拒绝向运动员付钱。但是它也允许一些例外。例如，奥运选手可以接受获得奖牌的奖金。

And major athletic conferences have been able to give players wages of between $2,000 and $4,000 a year.

同时大型运动协会每年能给运动员发放2千到4千美元的工资。

The NCAA reported $1.1 billion in earnings in 2017.

美国大学体育协会报告2017年的收入为11亿美元。