(contributed/NDSU)
WASHINGTON (KFGO) – The Senate passes the Protect College Sports Act in an effort to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes and to promote fair competition.
The bill allows athletes to transfer schools once without losing eligibility, prevents professional athletes from playing college sports and prohibits football coaches from quitting mid-season to be hired by another school.
“It’s become the Wild, Wild West in college sports with unlimited transfers and more and more programs being eliminated,” Hoeven said. “The bill treats student athletes fairly – whether they’re one of the few who will go pro, or one of the 500,000 other student athletes competing while earning their degree.”
“The Protect College Sports Act gives schools and student-athletes certainty. College sports should be about being in college—not creating a professional minor league,” Cramer said.
Hoeven and North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer and Minnesota Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith voted in favor of the bill.
It now moves to the House which is on recess until after the November election.
The legislation has support from the athletics directors and presidents of North Dakota State University and University of North Dakota and legendary Bison football coach and American Football Coaches Association Executive Director Craig Bohl.
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