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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.
How Congress Refused to Save the NCAA From Itself
If you watched a minute of college football this fall, you saw the ads. A voice-over darkly warns that, without congressional action, college sports face an existential crisis. NIL is forcing schools to cut women’s sports and Olympic programs. The very fabric of amateur athletics is unraveling. The solution, viewers are told, is the SCORE Act. It would solve the crisis, though it’s not really explained how.
DOJ Antitrust Chief’s Exit Could Impact NCAA, College Sports
Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater, chief of the DOJ’s antitrust division, announced on Thursday she is stepping down—a move that could increase the odds of a settlement between the government and Live Nation and invite new thinking on antitrust enforcement and athletes’ rights in college sports at a pivotal time.
Front Office Sports: Dozens of Olympic Sports Have Been Cut in Wake of House v. NCAA Settlement
“We are concerned that the new financial obligations placed on schools will force administrators to divert their attention and resources away from non-football and non-basketball sports – the programs where the majority of NCAA student-athletes participate,” the coaching associations for volleyball, wrestling, track and field, and swimming and diving wrote in a joint statement after the settlement was approved. “This is no hypothetical. Budget cuts and program eliminations have already taken place in anticipation of today’s outcome, and more are likely to follow.”
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.
Arkansas Athletics discontinuing men’s and women’s tennis programs
The University of Arkansas will discontinue its men’s and women’s tennis programs at the conclusion of the 2026 spring season. “After considerable reflection and thoughtful discussion, we have made the very difficult decision to discontinue our men’s and women’s tennis programs,” Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Hunter Yurachek said.
