Clemson president advocates for changes to Protect College Sports Act
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Oct 3, 2026, 6:28 AM
Last updated Oct 3, 2026
Clemson president Ben Ayers, along with three other ACC presidents, has signed a letter to U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson requesting modifications to the Protect College Sports Act. This act, which recently passed in the Senate, currently restricts power conference membership to 20 schools and imposes a three-year independence requirement for schools changing conferences. The presidents are seeking to increase membership limits to 22 schools and eliminate the transition period. The letter highlights the need for flexibility in college sports governance.
- •Ben Ayers joins three other ACC presidents in the advocacy effort.
- •The Protect College Sports Act limits power conference membership to 20 schools.
- •The current bill mandates a three-year independent period for schools switching conferences.
- •Ayers and the presidents propose expanding membership limits to 22 schools.
- •They aim to remove the three-year transition requirement.
- 6:28 AMYahoo Sports — Clemson president among those asking for adjustments to Protect College Sports Act
"SPARTANBURG, SC(WSPA)–Clemson president Ben Ayers was among four ACC presidents to sign a letter addressed to U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson asking for adjustments to the Protect College Sports Act now before his body, the website Tomahawk Nation reported Friday night. The letter advocates changing expansion language in the PCSA bill that passed the senate […]
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