Colorado Public Radio: Lawmakers are poised to allow Colorado universities to pay student athletes while keeping secret the details of individual compensation amounts — a provision that CU Boulder argues protects students who play sports from public criticism.

Much of the debate in the Senate Education Committee revolved around the lack of disclosure of contract details built into the bill from the beginning. The argument from CU Boulder and bill sponsors is that if the public knows how much student athletes are paid, then those athletes are open to criticism and harassment if they have a bad game — criticism that is routine on social media today without the formalized payment system.

Media groups have rejected that argument throughout the month-long debate about the bill.

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