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The Senate moved the Protect College Sports Act, a bipartisan measure led by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), onto the floor for a potential vote later this week.
The legislation targets what Cruz called "the Wild West" of college athletics since the NCAA opened the NIL market in 2021, and would impose a federal revenue-sharing cap, restrict the transfer portal, and set a five-year uniform eligibility window.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune described the current arrangement as "a mess." What the bill changes operationally Cruz's core argument is that Congress created the problem in the first place.
Federal antitrust litigation, applied repeatedly in the years after the NCAA's 2021 decision, dismantled essentially all existing rules and turned player recruitment and compensation into an unregulated exchange.
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