Ted Cruz urges Senate to stay in Washington until Protect College Sports Act passes this week
After the Big Ten and SEC agreed to throw their support behind the "Protect College Sports Act" during an intense negotiating period last week, congressional leaders have finally released final text language around the legislation.On Monday, while meeting with reporters in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump mentioned that he was hopeful that a vote would finally take place on the Senate floor regarding the legislation that has led to plenty of contentious moments behind the scenes.The bipartisan bill, which was first introduced by Senators Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., along with Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., has been the talk of college athletics over the past week, which comes on the heels of a strenuous stretch of negotiations.LAWMAKERS PRAISE BIPARTISAN EFFORTS LED BY TRUMP ADMIN TO ‘PROTECT COLLEGE SPORTS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS’While other conferences across the country had put their support behind the legislation that had yet to be finalized, the SEC and Big Ten wanted to see concessions made that would garner their approval.After pushing for their support and pointing toward this week as when the legislation could be voted on, having this move into the month of September could end up generating a lane in which this might not be passed at all, with congressional leaders focused on midterms and other important matters for the country.RUNNING OUT OF TIME: SEC, BIG TEN WAIT ON 'PROTECT COLLEGE SPORTS ACT' REVISIONS AS AUGUST RECESS NEARSThat is obviously not in the best interest of those involved in this process, given the amount of work that has gone into putting this bill together.Last Friday, after a nudge from the White House, senators finally received the support of the two biggest conferences in college sports. But even then, those involved had not seen a final bill, rather given a walkthrough from those involved around Capitol Hill.The night before, sources told OutKick/Fox News Digital that White House officials, along with members of Trump's college sports committee, were involved in conversations on what the next steps would be to get this to the Senate floor.TICK TOCK: SEC AND BIG TEN RECEIVE REVISED PROTECT COLLEGE SPORTS ACT AS SENATE VOTE TIMELINE LOOMSRight now, one of the more interesting discussion points between parties involved is when this could actually be voted on.
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After the Big Ten and SEC agreed to throw their support behind the "Protect College Sports Act" during an intense negotiating period last week, congressional leaders have finally released final text language around the legislation.On Monday, while meeting with reporters in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump mentioned that he was hopeful that a vote would finally take place on the Senate floor regarding the legislation that has led to plenty of contentious moments behind the scenes.The bipartisan bill, which was first introduced by Senators Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., along with Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., has been the talk of college athletics over the past week, which comes on the heels of a strenuous stretch of negotiations.LAWMAKERS PRAISE BIPARTISAN EFFORTS LED BY TRUMP ADMIN TO ‘PROTECT COLLEGE SPORTS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS’While other conferences across the country had put their support behind the legislation that had yet to be finalized, the SEC and Big Ten wanted to see concessions made that would garner their approval.After pushing for their support and pointing toward this week as when the legislation could be voted on, having this move into the month of September could end up generating a lane in which this might not be passed at all, with congressional leaders focused on midterms and other important matters for the country.RUNNING OUT OF TIME: SEC, BIG TEN WAIT ON 'PROTECT COLLEGE SPORTS ACT' REVISIONS AS AUGUST RECESS NEARSThat is obviously not in the best interest of those involved in this process, given the amount of work that has gone into putting this bill together.Last Friday, after a nudge from the White House, senators finally received the support of the two biggest conferences in college sports. But even then, those involved had not seen a final bill, rather given a walkthrough from those involved around Capitol Hill.The night before, sources told OutKick/Fox News Digital that White House officials, along with members of Trump's college sports committee, were involved in conversations on what the next steps would be to get this to the Senate floor.TICK TOCK: SEC AND BIG TEN RECEIVE REVISED PROTECT COLLEGE SPORTS ACT AS SENATE VOTE TIMELINE LOOMSRight now, one of the more interesting discussion points between parties involved is when this could actually be voted on. Given that final language had not been presented as of Monday afternoon, Senate Majority Leader John Thune had still not started the cloture process.By the close of business on Monday night, and early Tuesday morning, Thune did not start the cloture procedure, and the likelihood of this getting to a vote by Friday dwindles by the day for this week.On a call with a group of reporters Monday afternoon, a Senate Commerce Committee aide mentioned that there were political hurdles in getting this to a vote before Congress takes their August recess later in the week.Some of those other priorities for the Senate included Russia sanctions, confirmation of nominations and the CLARITY Act among others.But, Cruz was still persistent in his message that the Senate should stay in Washington until this was passed. There are also other issues that should certainly take precedent over a college sports bill, like the ongoing fires in Spokane, where Cantwell was rightfully attending to over the weekend.According to language in the bill, which could still be tweaked, obtained by Fox News Digital/OutKick, there were a number of changes made compared to the first version.Among them are final amendments to the pooling of media rights, how many schools each conference is allowed to have and a retention pool that is separate from the House settlement pool that was established last year.Schools using a Multimedia Rights partner to push funds towards an athlete, which would be a way for a school to circumvent the revenue-share cap.A retention pool, separate from House settlement, that will allow schools to use $22.5 million for retaining players.
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- After the Big Ten and SEC agreed to throw their support behind the "Protect College Sports Act" during an intense negotiating period last week, congressional leaders have finally released final text language around the legislation.On Monday, while meeting with reporters in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump mentioned that he was hopeful that a vote would finally take place on the Senate floor regarding the legislation that has led to plenty of contentious moments behind the scenes.The bipartisan bill, which was first introduced by Senators Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., along with Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., has been the talk of college athletics over the past week, which comes on the heels of a strenuous stretch of negotiations.LAWMAKERS PRAISE BIPARTISAN EFFORTS LED BY TRUMP ADMIN TO ‘PROTECT COLLEGE SPORTS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS’While other conferences across the country had put their support behind the legislation that had yet to be finalized, the SEC and Big Ten wanted to see concessions made that would garner their approval.After pushing for their support and pointing toward this week as when the legislation could be voted on, having this move into the month of September could end up generating a lane in which this might not be passed at all, with congressional leaders focused on midterms and other important matters for the country.RUNNING OUT OF TIME: SEC, BIG TEN WAIT ON 'PROTECT COLLEGE SPORTS ACT' REVISIONS AS AUGUST RECESS NEARSThat is obviously not in the best interest of those involved in this process, given the amount of work that has gone into putting this bill together.Last Friday, after a nudge from the White House, senators finally received the support of the two biggest conferences in college sports. But even then, those involved had not seen a final bill, rather given a walkthrough from those involved around Capitol Hill.The night before, sources told OutKick/Fox News Digital that White House officials, along with members of Trump's college sports committee, were involved in conversations on what the next steps would be to get this to the Senate floor.TICK TOCK: SEC AND BIG TEN RECEIVE REVISED PROTECT COLLEGE SPORTS ACT AS SENATE VOTE TIMELINE LOOMSRight now, one of the more interesting discussion points between parties involved is when this could actually be voted on.
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