Protect College Sports Act Briefing Memos: FISCAL ANALYSIS, IMPACT ON WOMEN’S, OLYMPIC, AND NON-REVENUE SPORTS, ANTITRUST CONCERNS

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Protect College Sports Act Briefing Memos: FISCAL ANALYSIS, IMPACT ON WOMEN’S, OLYMPIC, AND NON-REVENUE SPORTS, ANTITRUST CONCERNS

The Protect College Sports Act (S.4668) bills itself as saving women’s and Olympic sports– it will not. The NCAA and the Power Four Conferences spent $31 million lobbying Congress in the past year and at least another $10 million in television advertising over the last four weeks. Why? Because this federal legislation will cement the … Read more

The Drake Group Calls for Congress to Put Higher Education—Not Commercial Athletics—at the Center of College Sports Reform

Statement on the U.S. Senate’s proposed amendments to the proposed Protect College Sports Act of 2026 The flaws of this bill outweigh its strengths and should be opposed until brought back with major revisions detailed below. Under the circumstances (size and scope of this 171-page bill and sheer number of concerns), the Senate should consider … Read more