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Key senators strike bipartisan deal on sweeping college sports reform

Ross Dellenger reporting on the bipartison Senate deal to reform college sports and provide some guardrails people in college athletics have been asking for (transfer, eligibility and cap enforcement). Not sure what the chances of passing but this seems like a big win for the ACC, Big 12, and smaller conferences for a number of reasons. Primarily by providing an option to pool all FBS college football media rights contracts in an effort to generate more revenue per the clause below. Interestingly enough of the 138 FBS teams if you take away members of the Big10 (18) and SEC (16) it leaves you with 104 votes which gets you just above the 75% pooling threshold (103.5) in the legistlation without needing any of their votes. "A minimum threshold of 75% of the 138 FBS schools must be reached to collectively pool rights, which would come through replicating the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, which provides professional leagues the right to evade antitrust law and collectively pool rights."
Posted: 05/28/2026 at 02:00 PM ET

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Key senators strike bipartisan deal on sweeping college sports reform
tupton79 05/28/26 02:00 PM ET
Dang it!!! I thought The government would get all this fixed! **
AnotherTechW 05/29/26 11:32 PM ET
Passage may give Skanky and the SEC schools coronaries!!**
ancient alien 2018 05/28/26 08:44 PM ET
How many P2 expansion candidates (solid ones) do you think will help reach
33laszlo99 05/28/26 06:06 PM ET
I agree with about 1/2. The B12
Big12 guy 05/28/26 07:21 PM ET
True. MBB and WBB matter. Big 12, SEC and B1G have upped their game. And
33laszlo99 05/28/26 09:47 PM ET
The new media contracts coming
Big12 guy 05/29/26 07:56 AM ET
If the law passes and the DI schools opt to pool their resources, then why
VTHokie2000 06/01/26 01:46 PM ET
Almost zero chance that becomes law as drafted
HokieAl 05/28/26 05:35 PM ET
A lot in there to digest but did I see essentially a moratorium on B1G SEC
Vippie1 05/28/26 04:56 PM ET
Yup. They cannot add a single school if the bill passes as is.
RandomAsianGuy 05/30/26 01:04 PM ET
Thought they couldn't breakaway but could add teams.**
HouClone 05/28/26 10:06 PM ET
That is correct***
tupton79 05/28/26 05:02 PM ET