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Senate passes sweeping college sports reform bill

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The United States Senate has passed the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act, a comprehensive piece of legislation aimed at overhauling college athletics. The bill establishes national rules for name, image, and likeness (NIL) compensation, the transfer portal, conference realignment, and media rights. It allows the NCAA to set standardized rules for transfers and NIL arrangements, caps the revenue schools can share with athletes, and grants student athletes five years of eligibility with one free transfer. The legislation now faces a challenging path in the House of Representatives. AI

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  1. Axios Technology TIER_1 English(EN) · Kate Santaliz ·

    Senate passes sweeping college sports package

    <p>The Senate passed the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act on Monday, voting 77 to 22<strong> </strong>in favor of the sweeping overhaul of <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/06/24/axios-house-nil-changed-everything-now-athletes-need-a-new-playbook" target="_blank">college a…

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