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Published: Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., the chair and ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee that oversees college sports, briefed The Associated Press on details of the bill they crafted in hopes it can get the 60 votes needed to clear the Senate.

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The Nashville Ledger Key Sens. Cruz, Cantwell look to break college sports logjam in Congress with a bipartisan bill - The Nashville Ledger - Business, Government, Politics, News, Public Records, Public Notices, Crime Report, Neighborhood Report, Marketing Lists, Research » Subscribe Today! The Power of Information Home The Ledger - EST. 1978 - Nashville Edition Home | About Us | Archive | Distribution Locations Help | Your Account | Contact Us | Log In | Subscribe X User Name: Password: Forgot your password? Keep me logged in NAME & PROPERTY SEARCH » Research millions of people and properties [+] Name Property Name: Street Address: FRONT PAGE NEWS Friday, May. 22, 2026 Friday, May. 15, 2026 Friday, May. 8, 2026 Friday, May. 1, 2026 Friday, Apr. 24, 2026 « Back | Forward » Go to date: Search News: PUBLIC RECORDS Friday, May. 22, 2026 Thursday, May. 21, 2026 Wednesday, May. 20, 2026 Tuesday, May. 19, 2026 Monday, May. 18, 2026 « Back | Forward » Go to date: Search Records: PUBLIC NOTICES Friday, May. 22, 2026 Friday, May. 15, 2026 Friday, May. 8, 2026 Friday, May. 1, 2026 Friday, Apr. 24, 2026 « Back | Forward » Go to date: Search Notices: Home > Article VOL. 50 | NO. 21 | Friday, May 22, 2026 Key Sens. Cruz, Cantwell look to break college sports logjam in Congress with a bipartisan bill Tweet Updated 3:17PM Print | Front Page | Email this story To: From: Message: From (email): Message: WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Two key senators involved in a long-simmering debate over fixing college sports will introduce a bipartisan bill designed to break a congressional logjam that would regulate payments to players, limit them to one "free" transfer over their careers and create a "Lane Kiffin Rule" to restrict coach movement during the season. Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., the chair and ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee that oversees college sports, briefed The Associated Press on details of the bill they crafted in hopes it can get the 60 votes needed to clear the Senate. "This is a stability bill, not just an NIL bill," Cruz said, referencing the name, image and likeness payments that have led to football rosters with $30 million payrolls and reshaped the industry. Cantwell said she and Cruz teamed on the legislation "because he and I really do believe the college sports system is in a bit of chaos." The bill looks very much like a "best of" pair of legislative proposals &mdash; one called SCORE, another called SAFE &mdash; that have gone nowhere over the past several months. It contains two elements the NCAA has supported: a limited antitrust exemption and a clause that would preempt much of the patchwork of state laws currently regulating NIL. Meredith Page, the chair of the NCAA Division I Student Athlete Advocacy Committee and a former volleyball player at Radford, called the bill "a phenomenal step," especially after the latest setback for the SCORE Act, which the SAAC also supported. "I think this has lots of great

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