A college sports bill in Congress has been fumbled yet again as U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday decided not to hold a vote for the much-hyped Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements Act (SCORE Act).
It’s the latest example of colleges unwisely placing their faith in Congress to bail them out when a better fix would be to simply follow the NCAA rules they’ve agreed to follow.
A vote on the SCORE Act was expected this week, but the odds of it passing were low. Even if the House had voted in favor, the SCORE Act was unlikely to draw the support of 60 U.S. Senators to prevent a filibuster in the Senate.
Since 2020, more than 40 bills to reform college sports have been introduced in Congress. During that stretch, both political parties have controlled Congress and the White House for significant stretches of time.
Yet not one bill has advanced.
