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The Protect College Sports Act couldn’t avoid the U.S. Senate’s recess, so a vote on the proposed legislation will have to wait until September.
Per Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports, the Senate adjourned for its annual five-week August recess Saturday morning without voting on legislation intended to regulate college athletics, backburning the bill until at least September.
It’s a move that signals to some that it doesn’t have the support needed, at least not yet, to get approved, especially after the Whip’s vote count wasn’t as high as expected.
It also gives critics more time to make their case for why the bill doesn’t fully address the needs of the sport and its players. Opposition has come from all over the place, including the Congressional Black Caucus, more than a dozen Republican senators, and several labor unions.
Sens. Ted Cruz and Eric Schmitt, key sponsors of the bipartisan bill aimed at stabilizing college athletics, codifying athlete rules, and addressing Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) concerns, released a statement on Saturday that attempted to downplay any concerns about the delay. It also promised that a “guaranteed vote” will take place in September and, if approved, President Donald Trump would sign it into law on an episode of ESPN’s College GameDay.
Awful Announcing reached out to ESPN to confirm any plans for Trump’s appearance, but they declined to comment.
It would make a lot of sense for such a thing to happen on GameDay. ESPN CFB analyst Nick Saban has been actively lobbying Congress to pass the Protect College Sports Act and has praised Trump for his support in enacting it. He also lobbied Trump to sign an executive order around NIL. Saban and Trump have also admired each other for years.
Pat McAfee, a fellow GameDay analyst, has also been happy to align himself with Trump, working directly with his administration to break news and interviewing him on his show on Veterans Day, despite Trump’s many insults and denigration of military members and their families.
Fellow GameDay analyst Kirk Herbstreit probably wouldn’t be opposed to the appearance, as he praised McAfee for having Trump on his show.
It’s unknown where Peter Herbstreit would stand on a Trump appearance.
ESPN has also shown a willingness to include Trump in its programming, sharing a message from him during halftime of the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship game. The company is also broadcasting the 2026 Patriot Games, announced by Trump, on the ESPN app in August.
Of course, Sens. Cruz and Schmitt saying that’s going to happen is different from it actually happening. And the bill actually has to be voted on, which there is no guarantee will happen given the many concerns about what it does (and doesn’t do). And even if the Senate approves it, the House may not, at least not without further compromise.
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