As state lawmakers call for increased transparency into university finances in Louisiana, a legislative committee has advanced a bill that would hide how much public money is being paid to college athletes.
It would be the first public records exemption for public spending in Louisiana.
No members on the House Education Committee objected Wednesday to advancing House Bill 608 by Rep. Tehmi Chassion, D-Lafayette, which would create a new public records exemption that would conceal how much public money universities pay directly to student athletes. The payments are allowed under new “revenue sharing” rules implemented after the NCAA settled a lawsuit last year brought by student-athletes seeking compensation…