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College‑Sports Legislation Sparks SEC, Big Ten Opposition","description":"Reform bill aimed at regulating athlete payments and transfer rules faces hurdles from powerful conferences.","summary":"The Senate Commerce Committee’s hearing featured notable coaches and sports figures as they backed a bill set to overhaul how college athletes are compensated and transferred. The proposal, led by Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. Maria Cantwell, has drawn support from some influential coaches but faces strong opposition from the SEC and Big Ten, who argue the bill leaves critical issues open.","image":"https://metaworld.media/files/image-placeholder.jpg","text":"<p>WASHINGTON — Former Alabama head coach Nick Saban and other college sports luminaries testified Wednesday in support of a bipartisan bill that seeks to overhaul how players earn money and move between schools.\n</p><p>The bill, introduced by Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington, aims to regulate payments to athletes, limit them to one free transfer during their careers and create a rule preventing coaches from resigning mid‑season. Cruz called the measure \"the last, best hope we have to save college sports.\"\n</p><p>Saban opened the hearing by saying: “If you have the biggest, baddest Ferrari and it’s going 150 miles an hour toward the Grand Canyon, somebody needs to tap the brakes. And that’s what we all need to do here.”\n</p><p>Representatives from Notre Dame’s athletic department and the PAC‑12 commissioner were present, but no delegate from the SEC (the conference boasting Saban’s seven national championships) spoke. The SEC and the Big Ten, two of the most powerful conferences in college sports, contest the bill, arguing it \"leaves critical issues unresolved.\"\n</p><p>Cantwell said the legislation is designed to restore competition by ensuring that success in college athletics is determined by how well a university builds a team, not by how much money a single player can command. She further warned that the conferences are concerned that the bill could \"rearrange the deck chairs of those conferences, steal the eye‑ball schools, and leave everyone else with nothing.\"</p>
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