Key Sens. Cruz, Cantwell look to break college sports logjam in Congress with a bipartisan bill
Senators Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell are introducing a bipartisan bill aimed at reforming college sports. The proposed legislation seeks to regulate player payments, allow one free transfer, and impose restrictions on coach movement. This initiative is intended to stabilize a chaotic college sports environment and address rising costs and transfer issues.
- ▪The bill is called the Protect College Sports Act (PCSA).
- ▪It aims to provide targeted antitrust protections for organizations like the NCAA.
- ▪The legislation includes provisions for health insurance guarantees and stricter regulations on NIL deals.
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WASHINGTON — Two key senators involved in a long-simmering debate over fixing college sports will introduce a bipartisan bill designed to break a congressional logjam that would regulate payments to players, limit them to one “free” transfer over their careers and create a “Lane Kiffin Rule” to restrict coach movement during the season. Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., the chair and ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee that oversees college sports, briefed The Associated Press on details of the bill they crafted in hopes it can get the 60 votes needed to clear the Senate.
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