Protect College Sports Act gets renewed push and fresh opposition as college football returns
The bipartisan measure would cap runaway college sports spending as schools start paying athletes, but it faces pushback from senators and civil rights advocates.
- In an all-out blitz, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell are pushing the Protect College Sports Act through the Senate before the chamber breaks in the coming weeks.
- Major conferences, President Donald Trump, and coaches Nick Saban and Deion Sanders back the bill, arguing it ends NIL chaos and safeguards Olympic programs and women's sports.
- Opposing the legislation, Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy and NAACP CEO Derrick Johnson characterize the bill as a civil rights issue that suppresses compensation for highly valued athletes.
- "What we're being asked to do is to basically allow colleges and conferences and the NCAA to illegally collude," Murphy told reporters Monday regarding the bill's economic impact.
- Following a weekend of high-profile promotion, Cruz spent nearly 10 minutes defending the bill in Texas on Monday as loud boos rang out from the crowd.
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U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation Chairman Ted Cruz (R-TX) (C) and ranking member Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) (L) hold a news conference with NCAA athletes and coaches about the Protect College Sports Act on September 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) OAN Staff Brooke Mallory7:09 PM – Monday, September 14, 2026 U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz has warned that college ath…
Cruz expects Senate vote on Protect College Sports Act this week or next
With college football in full swing, proponents of the Protect College Sports Act have launched an all-out blitz to push the legislation through the Senate before the chamber breaks in the coming weeks.
Congress Attempts to Regulate College Athletics
Congress is expected to vote this week on the Protect College Sports Act of 2026, which seeks to regulate the ever-changing world of college sports. With the college football season in full swing, fans are reminded that college football players earn large sums of money, ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to millions.
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Protect College Sports Act gets renewed push and fresh opposition as college football returns
Proponents of the Protect College Sports Act are pushing to pass the legislation through the Senate before the chamber breaks in the coming weeks.
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