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The Newest Antitrust Fight: Congress Works to Protect This ‘Wild and Unruly’ Billion-Dollar Industry

Virginia Grace McKinnon

A new bipartisan bill is set to be introduced in the Senate next week as the federal government steps in to protect college sports, athletes, fans, and women’s sports. Congress is acting with the first governance and revenue bill of its kind.

The Senate Commerce Committee, chaired by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, announced it has “reached a bipartisan agreement on legislation to restore stability to college sports, titled the Protect College Sports Act of 2026.”

“Fans can see their favorite teams being hollowed out by transfer chaos, fake NIL bidding wars, eligibility lawsuits, and a system that allows the richest programs to keep pulling away,” Cruz said in a press release.

Since 2021, college athletes have been allowed to profit from their name, image, and likeness. With no regulation, the landscape has become “wild and unruly,” Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., told the Daily Signal. Schmitt, like many Americas, is a fan of college sports and wants to see them protected. He played while he was in school and continues to play baseball in the congressional ballgame every year.

Yesterday in Advance, MO I got in a few swings in the cage with some young Missouri athletes & they’re exactly why we have to protect the future of college sports.Without reforms the system will collapse,student athletes will lose........

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