Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), its member colleges and universities, and athletic conferences should affirm a commitment to a policy of discouraging alcohol use among underage students and other young fans by ending all alcohol advertising during radio and television broadcasts of collegiate sporting events.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[H. Res. 145 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 145
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the National
Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) should affirm its commitment to
a policy of discouraging alcohol use among underage students by ending
all alcohol advertising during radio and television broadcasts of
collegiate sporting events.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 9, 2005
Mr. Osborne (for himself, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Case,
Mr. Wolf, and Mr. Bartlett of Maryland) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce
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RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the National
Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) should affirm its commitment to
a policy of discouraging alcohol use among underage students by ending
all alcohol advertising during radio and television broadcasts of
collegiate sporting events.
Whereas college and university presidents have cited alcohol consumption as the
number one health problem on college and university campuses;
Whereas according to a study on alcohol by the Harvard School of Public Health,
the proportion of college students who say they drink ``to get drunk''
climbed from 40 percent in 1993, to 48 percent in 2001;
Whereas according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2
of 5 college students are binge drinkers; 1,400 college students die
each year from alcohol-related injuries, including motor vehicle
crashes; more than 70,000 students are victims of alcohol-related sexual
assault or date rape; and 500,000 students are injured under the
influence of alcohol each year;
Whereas at least 50 percent of college student sexual assault cases involve
alcohol abuse, and 62 percent of men involved in such assaults,
including rape, blame alcohol for their actions;
Whereas the financial costs of alcohol-related harms to institutions of higher
education are significant, and include damage to campus property, lost
tuition from students who drop out or become academically ineligible to
attend, college personnel who address alcohol-related issues, college
counseling centers, security staff, administrative hearings on academic
and disciplinary cases, and legal costs of suits against colleges for
liability;
Whereas research has found that college students who were sports fans were more
likely to engage in binge drinking behavior, including extreme drinking
habits and participation in drink price specials and beer-company
promotions;
Whereas National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) by-laws specifically
state that advertising policies of the association are designed to
exclude those advertisements that do not appear to be in the best
interest of higher education;
Whereas alcohol advertisements aired during televised NCAA championship games
appeared twice as often, on average, than during other sports programs,
and 16 times as often on average than during all television programs;
Whereas according the the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, in 2003,
alcohol producers spent a total of $52,200,000 to place 4,747
commercials in college sports programs, and spent $21,056,952 to place
395 commercials during the NCAA men's basketball tournament;
Whereas according to a 2003 survey by the Global Strategy Group, 72 percent of
Americans say that showing alcohol commercials during televised sporting
events is inconsistent with the positive role sports play in children's
lives, and 69 percent believe that airing such commercials is
inconsistent with the mission of colleges and universities;
Whereas according to the same survey, 71 percent of adults support a ban on all
alcohol advertisements on televised college games, and strong majorities
of both parents (77 percent) and adults (73 percent) say it is wrong for
colleges and universities to take money from beer companies that promote
student drinking while discouraging underage and binge drinking among
their students;
Whereas a report by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of
Sciences states that 72 percent of colleges and universities prohibit
on-campus alcohol advertising, and 62 percent prohibit industry
sponsorship of athletic events;
Whereas that report also recommended that colleges and universities ban alcohol
advertising and promotion on campus in order to demonstrate their
commitment to discouraging alcohol use among underage students; and
Whereas the removal of alcohol advertisements from college sports broadcasts
would not entirely eliminate underage or harmful student drinking, but
would stop those broadcasts from contributing to an environment that
glamorizes and promotes the connection between alcohol and sports: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives
that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), its member
colleges and universities, and athletic conferences, should affirm a
commitment to a policy of discouraging alcohol use among underage
students and other young fans by ending all alcohol advertising during
radio and television broadcasts of collegiate sporting events.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1605)
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
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