By James Sutherland on SwimSwam
The NCAA’s long wait for antitrust protection regarding eligibility and transfer rules appears to be nearing an end.
Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) are expected to introduce a bipartisan college sports bill later this week, Yahoo Sports‘ Ross Dellenger reported on Tuesday night.
Sens. Maria Cantwell and Ted Cruz are expected this week to release a landmark bipartisan bill to regulate college sports, though the legislation is not finalized, sources tell @YahooSports. It would grant the NCAA a narrow antitrust exemption over transfers and eligibility.
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) May 27, 2026
The news comes after the SCORE Act collapsed in Congress last week, primarily due to the Congressional Black Caucus’s unanimous announcement of its opposition to the bill.
The new legislation is expected to contain many of the same elements as the SCORE Act, outside of the “rigid anti-employment concept,” Dellenger reported.
Most notably, the bipartisan bill will include limited antitrust protection for the NCAA regarding player eligibility and transfer rules. This would allow the NCAA to write its own rules while shielding the organization from legal challenges over eligibility and transfer disputes.
Dellenger reported that the bill is expected to codify portions of the House settlement, provide schools with the option to pool media rights, and create an agent registry system. It would also include some athlete protections, including scholarship guarantees and medical care.
According to CBS Sports, the bill will impose a hard salary cap on players tied to the $20.5 million schools are permitted to share with student-athletes under the House settlement. Outside of the revenue-sharing framework, schools have been able to circumvent the cap from outside NIL deals, CBS Sports reported.
While the bill’s salary cap restriction would not eliminate NIL money—”legitimate, true market NIL deals would face no cap at all”—it would put an end to workarounds with multimedia rights holders and other associated entities.
“The introduction of a bill is only the beginning of a months-long process of amendments, hearings, floor/committee arguments, etc,” Dellenger tweeted on Tuesday. “Specific language in the bill – so far not finalized – will determine its support from college sports entities, like the Big Ten and SEC.”
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