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Nick Saban asks Congress to ‘bring order’ via college sports bill
Former Alabama coach Nick Saban faced several United States senators Wednesday morning in a historic hearing on Capitol Hill and pleaded for Congress to “bring order to a system that badly needs fixing” in the NIL and transfer portal era.
Congress’ Latest College Sports Reform Bill Still Faces Steep Odds
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)—the chair and ranking member, respectively, of the Commerce Committee—are set to release a new bill, the Protect College Sports Act, that attempts to thread the needle of reforming college sports without creating new problems.
Iowa State terminates women’s gymnastics during season
Iowa State Cyclones made an incredibly difficult decision to suspend their women’s gymnastics season after only four competitions on Feb. 8. Conflicts arose between individual teammates, members of the coaching staff and parents that made it impossible for the team to operate properly. However, several players have reported off the record the systemic issues with the program dating back before 2018 across several atheltic staff and coaches that does not sync with the timeline this was a current player issue but the same issues related to lack of funding of the program as the key issue.
NCAA Considers Five-Year Eligibility Rule, Ending Redshirts
Student-athlete eligibility in college sports is more muddled and legally combative than ever. Changes now under consideration could seek to resolve that.
Univ. of Nebraska football players challenging College Sports Commission for rejected NIL deals
A group of 18 Univ. of Nebraska football players are challenging the College Sports Commission (CSC) over rejected NIL deals, according to Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger. The players “are challenging more than a million dollars of third-party NIL deals rejected” by CSC. “Husch-Blackwell, a national law firm familiar with handling college athletics cases,” has been retained in the case. “Multiple university administrators” tell Dellenger that their athletes are also considering arbitration after rejected NIL contracts.
NCAA Defends House Settlement From Title IX, Opt-Out Appeal
The NCAA insists that while Title IX requires financial aid and athletic scholarships be gender-balanced, it does not mandate “all student-athlete benefits” be gender-balanced.
