mr. chairman. and i think a lot has come out of this committee hearing that should enable and help dr. emmert to continue with the reforms that he's trying. so much has been said, let me highlight a couple. >> i happy to know, because i was mesmerized with mr. rolle as a player at florida state. for hi to do the interview for the rhodes scholarship, which was in the south, on a saturday, his president t.k. weatherall had to get special dispensation so that they could get someone to donate a private jet for him that could fly him somewhere in the northeast when florida state was playing up here, and even so, he made it only in the second half. but the emphasis -- you know, that's something that's so common sense that you would want a player to interview for the rhodes, and yet it was a big deal. it shouldn't have been. the fact of so of of these players that are coming from families that are dirt poor, and they don't have the opportunities that others do it seems to my it's common sense, we should have sometime ends or whatever you call it, so it equalizes the playing field of the financial ab

mr. chairman -- >> could dr. emmert respond? >> i have a sacred obligation to senator ayotte. she is next. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i appreciate it. let me just say up front on this issue of athletic departments investigating sexual assault allegations, that is ridiculous. you've got to fix that right away. i am a proud graduate of the penn state university, and it's obviously we're -- it was so troubling and disappointing to see what happened at my university. i loved the university, but the athletic department is not where you handle these kinds of allegations, so you've got to fix that, dr. emmert. walk out this door and fix that. what i'm troubled about when i hear the testimony today, and i just need to understand, senator blumenthal asked about the change to an employer/employee model. we've talked about compensation, potentially, for athletes today. i don't want to see any athletes mistreated. i want them to be able to have a quality of life that's important as they serve and get the education and be able to be an athlete, student athlete model. but as i think about w