Context:

Additionally, Noem argues that the bill shouldn’t apply to collegiate athletics at all because South Dakota shouldn’t want to upset the NCAA:

"I am also concerned that the approach House Bill 1217 takes is unrealistic in the context of collegiate athletics… South Dakota has shown that our student athletes can compete with anyone in the country, but competing on the national stage means compliance with the national governing bodies that oversee collegiate athletics. While I certainly do not always agree with the actions these sanctioning bodies take, I understand that collegiate athletics requires such a system – a fifty-state patchwork is not workable."

In other words, despite her claims to the contrary, Noem is attempting to gut this bill to the point of rendering it meaningless.

https://jonschweppe.substack.com/p/the-kristi-noem-veto-explained

Context:

Additionally, Noem argues that the bill shouldn’t apply to collegiate athletics at all because South Dakota shouldn’t want to upset the NCAA:

I am also concerned that the approach House Bill 1217 takes is unrealistic in the context of collegiate athletics… South Dakota has shown that our student athletes can compete with anyone in the country, but competing on the national stage means compliance with the national governing bodies that oversee collegiate athletics. While I certainly do not always agree with the actions these sanctioning bodies take, I understand that collegiate athletics requires such a system – a fifty-state patchwork is not workable.

In other words, despite her claims to the contrary, Noem is attempting to gut this bill to the point of rendering it meaningless.

https://jonschweppe.substack.com/p/the-kristi-noem-veto-explained