Senate prepares to vote on college sports regulation bill
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Sep 28, 2026, 4:12 PM
Last updated Sep 28, 2026
The Senate is set to vote on a bipartisan bill regulating college sports on Monday. The legislation seeks to establish national regulations for athlete payments and transfers, following a 2025 lawsuit settlement that allowed colleges to pay athletes. Key provisions include caps on athlete earnings and transfer restrictions. Supporters argue it addresses unpredictability in college sports, while critics claim it fails to protect athletes adequately. The bill must pass the House to become law, with the current Congress facing a deadline to act by year-end.
- •Senate vote scheduled for Monday
- •Bill aims to regulate athlete payments and transfers
- •Proposes caps on athlete earnings
- •Critics argue it does not protect athletes enough
- •Must pass the House by year's end
- 4:12 PMYahoo Sports — Senate nears vote on college sports bill that would rein in athlete payments and transfers
"The Senate is poised to pass a sweeping bipartisan bill on Monday that would regulate college sports, an attempt to end “chaos” in an industry that has been upended by skyrocketing athlete payments and near-unrestricted transfers between schools. Passage of the legislation would be the strongest effort yet by Congress to set national regulations governing payments to college athletes for their name, image and likeness and how often they can transfer. The bill is the product of years of Senate negotiations that intensified as some in the industry pleaded with Congress to step in after a 2025 lawsuit settlement uprooted the college sports landscape by allowing colleges to pay their players.
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