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The requirements address elements of the court-approved agreement to settle In re College Athlete NIL Litigation (i.e., House settlement)."},{"k":"p","t":"First, the bill statutorily prohibits institutions, conferences, or interstate intercollegiate athletic associations (e.g., the National Collegiate Athletic Association [NCAA]) from restricting student athletes from entering NIL agreements (subject to specified limitations). Students must report to their institution NIL compensation greater than $600."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill requires agents to register with a state and caps agent endorsement contract fees at 5%."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also provides student athletes with one transfer without losing athletic eligibility and restricts football personnel from becoming the head football coach at a different institution during the same season."},{"k":"p","t":"Further, the bill prohibits institutions, conferences, or specified entities acting for the benefit of an institution from providing athletes with compensation that circumvents the limit on sharing revenue with student athletes established under the House settlement. The bill also makes the limit permanent and provides for an annual inflation adjustment."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill generally prohibits Division I conferences from reducing the number of varsity or Olympic sports teams that a member institution must sponsor. Specifically, large institutions ($80 million or more in annual athletics revenue) must offer and maintain at least as many grant-in-aid opportunities and roster spots for sports that do not generate positive net revenue as the institution provided during academic year 2024-25. The bill provides for a waiver of this requirement under certain circumstances of financial hardship and the requirements expire nine years after the enactment of the bill."},{"k":"p","t":"Additionally, the bill establishes (subject to specified conditions) a limited antitrust exemption for institutions or conferences that form joint agreements to transfer their sports telecasting rights to a third party. Such an agreement requires participation from at least 75% of the institutions in the Football Bowl Subdivision."}],"words":337},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Sets federal rules for name, image, and likeness compensation, athlete agents, transfers, health protections and revenue sharing for college student athletes, limits antitrust liability for related athletic association rules and for pooled sales of college sports media rights, and creates a grant program for broadband and media infrastructure at eligible institutions.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4668/text/es#toc-idf2413b54-cd53-4c1a-8fdf-bc6828319596"},{"label":"Sec. 114","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4668/text/es#toc-id49979b75-c0d1-418b-b10a-389575b41c6e:~:text=114.%20Prohibited%20compensation%20and%20agreements"},{"label":"Sec. 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125","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4668/text/es#toc-id6a4244e1492848d8aa24c3148b7c4f73:~:text=125.%20Protection%20of%20women"}},{"text":"Provides that the antitrust laws do not apply to a joint agreement by institutions or conferences to form a covered entity that meets the Sports Broadcasting Act requirements and sells or transfers their sponsored telecasting rights to a third party.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 202","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4668/text/es#toc-id94c1f565-4028-4586-a6b8-790afac63b03:~:text=202.%20Limitation%20on%20liability%20for%20transmission%20of"}},{"text":"Requires the covered entity to include at least 75 percent of institutions in the Football Bowl Subdivision and to offer membership on fair and nondiscriminatory terms to each Division I conference and institution.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 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It applies only to Football Bowl Subdivision institutions.","amount":null,"quote":"This section applies only to institutions that compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision, as defined by bylaw 20.9.9 of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or a successor bylaw."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 111","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4668/text/es#toc-idfe25e350-dc27-44c0-9f4b-4a48185267c9:~:text=111.%20Student%20athlete%20representation%20on%20intercollegiate%20athletic"},"heading":"Student athlete representation on intercollegiate athletic association governing boards","effect":"Requires at least one-third of the membership and voting power of intercollegiate athletic association governing boards and rule-making committees to be current student athletes or recent graduate former student athletes.","amount":null,"quote":"Not less than 1/3 of the membership and voting power of any board of directors or other governing board, or committees with authority to establish and enforce rules or bylaws"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 116","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4668/text/es#toc-id62fd2dac-9f9b-4e07-b070-28ca69bde45f:~:text=116.%20Commission%20on%20the%20Future%20of%20College"},"heading":"Commission on the Future of College Athletics","effect":"Creates a 24-member congressional commission, with a Student Athlete Retention Council inside it, to study and make recommendations on the future of college athletics, with reports due at 30 months and 5 years and funding of such sums as may be necessary.","amount":null,"quote":"There is established within the legislative branch a commission, to be known as the “Congressional Commission on the Future of College Athletics”"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 118","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4668/text/es#toc-id4e0174d2-3d84-4871-b3d3-3a3efabe1c66:~:text=118.%20Limitation%20on%20liability"},"heading":"Limitation on liability","effect":"Provides that it is not unlawful under the antitrust laws for athletic associations, conferences, or institutions to enforce or comply with listed sections and to impose fines and eligibility restrictions, conditioned on the association adopting implementing rules.","amount":null,"quote":"It shall not be unlawful under the antitrust laws for an intercollegiate athletic association, a conference, or an institution to enforce or comply with, including through rules or bylaws"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 126","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4668/text/es#toc-idb840ab673be0480fb5cfb0bff7f82009"},"heading":"Mid-sized conference representation on intercollegiate athletic association governing boards","effect":"Requires an intercollegiate athletic association to give conferences with under $500,000,000 in annual revenue adequate representation on its governing boards and rulemaking committees.","amount":"$500,000,000","quote":"the term mid-sized conference means any conference that has generated less than $500,000,000 in total annual revenue during the preceding academic year"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 128","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4668/text/es#toc-id505df16c1d914982acfbd3b40448e565:~:text=128.%20Protecting%20opportunities%20for%20American%20student%20athletes"},"heading":"Protecting opportunities for American student athletes","effect":"States as U.S. policy that institutions participating in intercollegiate athletics should prioritize domestic students in selecting student athletes and awarding grant-in-aid and roster positions.","amount":null,"quote":"should prioritize domestic students in the selection of student athletes and the awarding of athletic opportunities"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 129","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4668/text/es#toc-id6d5a5b2b4312463d9097d2aefd75a082:~:text=129.%20Disclosure%20of%20foreign%20financing%20of%20intercollegiate"},"heading":"Disclosure of foreign financing of intercollegiate athletics","effect":"Requires institutions, conferences and intercollegiate athletic associations to disclose amounts over $600 received from foreign governments, foreign adversaries, state-owned enterprises or sovereign wealth funds. Associations must report annually to Congress and the Secretary of Education and publish the disclosures.","amount":"$600","quote":"all amounts that exceed $600 in value received by the covered person relating to intercollegiate athletics from a foreign government"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 205","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4668/text/es#toc-id2f7519eb-84f0-471c-8d0e-5c4d07bc2c05:~:text=205.%20Prohibition%20on%20certain%20conference%20mergers%20or"},"heading":"Prohibition on certain conference mergers or acquisition","effect":"Makes it unlawful for certain conferences that reported more than $700,000,000 in revenue to merge with or acquire assets or media rights of other conferences or institutions under stated conditions, and voids such transactions. It exempts conferences at or below that revenue level.","amount":"$700,000,000","quote":"any covered conference that reported more than $700,000,000 in revenue on its fiscal year 2025 tax return or any subsequent tax return to"}]},{"category":"place_specific_amount","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 114","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4668/text/es#toc-id49979b75-c0d1-418b-b10a-389575b41c6e:~:text=114.%20Prohibited%20compensation%20and%20agreements"},"heading":"Prohibited compensation and agreements","effect":"Sets a $500,000 limit on payments or benefits to a coach or team manager from funds other than college sports revenue or athletic department donations, for institutions with more than $80,000,000 in annual athletics revenue.","amount":"$500,000","quote":"may not compensate or otherwise provide or promise any type of payment or benefit of more than $500,000 to any coach, assistant coach, general manager, or other person who coaches or manages a varsity sports team"}]},{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 119","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4668/text/es#toc-id042bb6e3-37ae-4c4e-93ba-8eb1666f5845:~:text=119.%20Private%20right%20of%20action"},"heading":"Private right of action","effect":"Sets out who may sue under the title, and then provides that claims by parties subject to the injunctive relief in a named court settlement follow that settlement's procedure notwithstanding the limits on pre-dispute arbitration.","amount":null,"quote":"a claim made by any entity or individual subject to the injunctive relief provisions in “In Re College Athlete NIL Litigation”"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 125","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4668/text/es#toc-id6a4244e1492848d8aa24c3148b7c4f73:~:text=125.%20Protection%20of%20women"},"heading":"Protection of women’s sports and Olympic sports","effect":"Requires institutions to keep 2024–2025 levels of grant-in-aid and roster spots for non-revenue sports, using different sunset dates and exemption terms for institutions reporting at least $80,000,000 in athletics revenue and those reporting $50,000,000 to under $80,000,000.","amount":null,"quote":"having generated not less than $50,000,000 but less than $80,000,000 in total annual athletics revenue during the preceding academic year"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 203","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4668/text/es#toc-id439489d2-fc31-4a42-88eb-136d22b9d65d:~:text=203.%20Requirements%20for%20entities%20selling%20media%20rights"},"heading":"Requirements for entities selling media rights","effect":"Sets conditions for the antitrust exemption for pooled college media rights sales, and excepts from the pooled rights the NCAA basketball tournaments and College Football Playoff postseason games occurring before August 1, 2032.","amount":null,"quote":"all postseason intercollegiate athletic competitions for intercollegiate football within the College Football Playoff for the Football Bowl Subdivision occurring before August 1, 2032."},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 206","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4668/text/es#toc-idca6a98ed-ed5f-47fb-abf8-3f1cbb507ead:~:text=206.%20Amendments%20to%20intercollegiate%20and%20interscholastic%20football"},"heading":"Amendments to intercollegiate and interscholastic football contest limitations","effect":"Adds a January 8 end date, where practicable, for the football season and postseason. It also removes the college sports antitrust exemption for agreements permitting telecasts of postseason football during a window around the annual Army-Navy game.","amount":null,"quote":"Section 1(b) shall not apply to any joint agreement described in that section that permits any person to sponsor, telecast, or authorize the telecast of any postseason intercollegiate football contest"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4668/text/es#toc-idf2413b54-cd53-4c1a-8fdf-bc6828319596"},"heading":"Name, image, and likeness protections","effect":"Limits the athlete disclosure requirements to student athletes and prospective student athletes of institutions whose primary membership is in Division I, so athletes at other institutions are not covered by those disclosure rules.","amount":null,"quote":"This subsection shall apply only to student athletes and prospective student athletes of institutions whose primary membership is in Division I, as defined by bylaw 20.9"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 104","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4668/text/es#toc-id21046860-b125-4b21-86b5-414dce21fb39:~:text=104.%20Disclosures%20and%20establishment%20of%20name"},"heading":"Disclosures and establishment of name, image, and likeness agreement database","effect":"Limits the institution disclosure and database requirements to Division I institutions and exempts any Division II or Division III institution that participates in a limited number of sports at the Division I level.","amount":null,"quote":"shall not apply to any Division II or Division III institution (as so defined) that participates in a limited number of sports at the Division I level"},{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 123","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4668/text/es#toc-id0b4a1fecacb448ca8e9c21813365352f"},"heading":"Applicability","effect":"Applies Sec. 113(c)(1)(B) to actions pending or commenced on or after enactment, limits the rest of the Act to actions commenced on or after the effective date, and provides that nothing in it undermines the Benefits Pool Limit in the settlement in In Re College Athlete NIL Litigation, No. 20–cv–03919, unless that litigation results in it.","amount":null,"quote":"Except as provided in subsection (a), the provisions of this Act shall not apply to any action or proceeding commenced prior to the effective date of this Act."}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in Senate","date":"2026-09-28","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4668/text/es"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"desk"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4668","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4668/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-s-4668.png","v":"4cfc504d0050","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 4668, 119th Congress: Protect College Sports Act of 2026. House: not yet considered. Senate: 77 Yea, 22 Nay. Outcome: Passed Senate, 28 Sep 2026."}}