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Former Alabama coach Nick Saban is testifying in support of a bipartisan bill to overhaul college athletics that the SEC and Big Ten oppose.
The leaders of the Senate Commerce Committee held the hearing as they push legislation unveiled last week that supporters hope can break the congressional gridlock over how to regulate college athletics
Nick Saban threw his support behind a bipartisan bill designed to regulate college sports during a Senate hearing Wednesday, less than 24 hours after the SEC and Big Ten said the legislation still needs work. The Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the Protect College Sports Act, sponsored by Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas-R) and Maria Cantwell (Wash.-D), lasted just over three hours. “I’m not here representing a conference or a team but to preserve college athletics as a whole,” Saban said in his openi
Former Alabama football coach Nick Saban and other college sports figures testified Wednesday in support of a bipartisan bill aimed at overhauling a system where players can increasingly earn millions of dollars while moving freely between schools. The leaders of the Senate Commerce Committee held the hearing as they push legislation unveiled last week that supporters hope can break the congressional gridlock over how to regulate college athletics. The bill, introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., would regulate payments to athletes, limit them to one “free” transfer during their careers and create a “Lane Kiffin Rule” restricting coaches from leaving programs during the season.
