The Big Ten and Southeastern Conferences agreed Friday night to support a Senate bill that seeks to regulate college sports, ending a breakneck week of negotiations and pulling the bipartisan
The Big Ten and Southeastern Conferences agreed Friday night to support a Senate bill that seeks to regulate college sports, ending a breakneck week of negotiations and pulling the bipartisan measure out of what looked like a certain death spiral.
School presidents from both conferences voted to back the bill after receiving last-minute concessions over language regarding third-party name-image-likeness deals and the so-called “associated entities” that often make those arrangements.
With the Big Ten and SEC now on board, the bill has a chance of getting to the Senate floor next week for a vote.
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The two biggest conferences in college sports say they do not support the current version of a bipartisan bill designed to…
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The bill will need to be fast-tracked to make it through both houses of Congress before the Senate’s August recess.
