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Key Provisions of the Protect College Sports Act
Posted on 9/17/26 at 11:31 am
Posted on 9/17/26 at 11:31 am
Salary cap and retention pool
The bill would put into law the revenue sharing that was negotiated under terms of the House settlement, which allows schools to share up to 22% of certain revenue with athletes. This year, that amounts to $21.58 million per school. It also would add a $27.5 million "retention pool" that can be used to keep current players on the roster and could diminish the amount of third-party name, image and likeness payments.
Lawsuit protection
The bill offers the NCAA some protection against lawsuits in several areas, most notably eligibility issues that have landed the governing body in court dozens of times over the past year. Most recently, the lawsuits are coming from players who graduated high school in 2022 and were denied a fifth year of college eligibility under a new rule that kicks in for the Class of '23.
State laws
The legislation is intended to preempt state laws, many of which were passed over the past five years to regulate NIL within state borders, that conflict with the guidelines set by the national law. Exactly how this plays out could be subject to litigation.
One-transfer rule
The bill would generally limit athletes to one "free" transfer without having to sit out a season, in a move that could cut down on some of the chaos created by the transfer portal. Athletes went to court in recent years to win the right to transfer without penalty.
The "Lane Kiffin rule"
The bill would prohibit coaches from leaving one school for another during the season.
Media rights pooling
In a rewrite of a 1961 law that prohibited this, the legislation would give college athletic conferences the option of pooling their media rights in an effort to generate more revenue to fund their sports. The powerful Southeastern and Big Ten conferences don't agree it would make more money and have resisted this effort.
Olympic sports
The bill would require most schools to maintain the same number of Olympic-sport programs as they had in the 2024-25 school year for at least nine years.
HBCU funding
The measure would provide federal funding for broadband and media infrastructure at historically Black college and university programs.
Superleague ban
The bill would also prohibit conferences from expanding beyond 19 teams and adds other measures to prevent the creation of a breakaway "superleague."
The bill would put into law the revenue sharing that was negotiated under terms of the House settlement, which allows schools to share up to 22% of certain revenue with athletes. This year, that amounts to $21.58 million per school. It also would add a $27.5 million "retention pool" that can be used to keep current players on the roster and could diminish the amount of third-party name, image and likeness payments.
Lawsuit protection
The bill offers the NCAA some protection against lawsuits in several areas, most notably eligibility issues that have landed the governing body in court dozens of times over the past year. Most recently, the lawsuits are coming from players who graduated high school in 2022 and were denied a fifth year of college eligibility under a new rule that kicks in for the Class of '23.
State laws
The legislation is intended to preempt state laws, many of which were passed over the past five years to regulate NIL within state borders, that conflict with the guidelines set by the national law. Exactly how this plays out could be subject to litigation.
One-transfer rule
The bill would generally limit athletes to one "free" transfer without having to sit out a season, in a move that could cut down on some of the chaos created by the transfer portal. Athletes went to court in recent years to win the right to transfer without penalty.
The "Lane Kiffin rule"
The bill would prohibit coaches from leaving one school for another during the season.
Media rights pooling
In a rewrite of a 1961 law that prohibited this, the legislation would give college athletic conferences the option of pooling their media rights in an effort to generate more revenue to fund their sports. The powerful Southeastern and Big Ten conferences don't agree it would make more money and have resisted this effort.
Olympic sports
The bill would require most schools to maintain the same number of Olympic-sport programs as they had in the 2024-25 school year for at least nine years.
HBCU funding
The measure would provide federal funding for broadband and media infrastructure at historically Black college and university programs.
Superleague ban
The bill would also prohibit conferences from expanding beyond 19 teams and adds other measures to prevent the creation of a breakaway "superleague."
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