Overview
- The planned House floor vote was pulled Wednesday for lack of support, with Republicans short on votes and a possible reschedule discussed for Thursday, according to Punchbowl News reporting cited by Raw Story.
- The bill authorizes the NCAA and a proposed College Sports Commission to set and enforce national standards on NIL, transfer eligibility, and school revenue sharing.
- Core provisions include antitrust protections, federal preemption of conflicting state laws, and an explicit bar on classifying athletes as employees, with language reflecting a revenue-sharing pool of at least 22% tied to top-earning programs.
- The White House and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee voiced support, while Sen. Maria Cantwell and other critics warn the measure would roll back athlete rights, entrench SEC and Big Ten power, and steer disputes into a new system that limits outside legal remedies.
- A House rule to advance the measure passed by a single vote after GOP defections by Reps. Chip Roy, Byron Donalds, and Scott Perry, underscoring intraparty tensions and an uncertain path in the Senate.