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Posted on 09/29/2026 8:13:58 AM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands
The Protect College Sports Act, a bill aiming to rein in what its supporters call a "Wild West" era of college athletics, cleared its most significant hurdle yet on Monday when the Senate passed it by a bipartisan vote of 77-22.
The bill would grant the NCAA a limited antitrust exemption in order to restore its five-year eligibility rule and transfer limits. The legislation would also codify the regulation of name, image and likeness deals that have transformed college athletics in recent years by allowing athletes to be paid — some of them as much as millions of dollars per season.
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I don’t see any part of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to micromanage college sports
I don’t see any part of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to micromanage college sports
I don’t see any part of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to micromanage college sports
I don’t see any part of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to micromanage college sports
I don’t see any part of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to micromanage college sports
I don’t see any part of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to micromanage college sports
I don’t see any part of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to micromanage college sports
I don’t see any part of the Constitution that gives Congress the right to micromanage college sports
What are you trying to say?
To the Senate:
And THIS is important?
Really, really, really important work they are doing there! Thune has the priorities straight! Happy to see the senators are taking their jobs so seriously with the Nation’s vital interests as their top priority.
You can say that again.
I am so glad they are working on really important topics.
Per AI:
Congress regulates collegiate athletics primarily under its Commerce Clause power, as intercollegiate athletics is deemed an industry affecting interstate commerce. The Protect College Sports Act of 2026 (S. 4668), which passed the Senate on September 28, 2026, explicitly relies on this authority to establish a federal regulatory framework for name, image, and likeness (NIL) agreements, transfer rules, and antitrust protections.
The legislation also leverages Congress’s power to preempt conflicting state laws and impose mandates on private entities like the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). By codifying the House v. NCAA settlement and granting the College Sports Commission legal backing to enforce NIL standards, Congress asserts jurisdiction over the commercial aspects of college sports, including media rights and athlete compensation, rather than directly governing academic institutions.
This would have more credibility if the NCAA hadn’t forfeited all credibility long before this.
How about restoring academic requirements? Hahahahahahaha.
How about telling the tv networks to go pound sand and restoring real conferences that can produce a legitimate champion through round robin play? Yes, the Big Whatever and the SEC would have to massively downsize. All they are now is television marketing combines.
Better yet, how about getting rid of athletic scholarships entirely, paying coaches like adjunct faculty members, and returning college sports to a club model. Let the NFL and NBA run their own farm systems.
Amen! Get rid of transcontinental conferences, weekday games, the two-minute warning and the playoffs, and restore the bowls to their former significance. If the NFL needs a farm system, let them create minor leagues as is done in baseball.
If you listen closely, one could pretty much hear the pigs noses in the trough…eating up the slop. This time Congress has company, with the NCAA right down there with them.
Sometimes when this crap pops up as “important” I wonder if the people who think we need massive changes in government might be on to something.
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