{"id":434494,"date":"2023-09-01T20:09:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T20:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=434494"},"modified":"2023-09-01T20:09:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T20:09:38","slug":"senator-ted-cruz-introduces-bill-to-protect-college-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/senator-ted-cruz-introduces-bill-to-protect-college-athletics\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Ted Cruz Introduces Bill To Protect College Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A comprehensive college sports plan introduced by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) would establish a national standard for name, image, and likeness (NIL), proclaim that student-athletes are not workers, and shield universities, conferences, and the NCAA from legal consequences.<\/p>\n<h2>Senator Ted Cruz Introduces Bill To Protect College Athletics<\/h2>\n<p>Cruz, the ranking senator on the commerce committee, is about to walk into a packed area. U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) have recently introduced proposals to address NIL and other collegiate sports-related issues.<\/p>\n<p>Although college athletics are a fantastic way to bridge cultures, they are in danger for thousands of student-athletes whose games won&#8217;t be shown on national television as well as for spectators.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Leave college sports alone cancun. Go back to where you came from, and Canada puhlease take him back.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; We the People are NOT stQpid . VOTE BLUE (@occakid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/occakid\/status\/1697672147332907042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Student-athletes can now make money off of their own name, image, and likeness (NIL) according to a 2021 Supreme Court decision that went against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).<\/p>\n<p>Additional legal disputes and proposed state laws are currently impeding the NCAA&#8217;s ability to enforce even the most basic regulations, establish recruitment criteria, encourage fair competition, and punish those who prey on student-athletes. Numerous school officials concur that these changes, together with the rise of player remuneration, will result in the early end of major college football and basketball at numerous institutions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">College sports is screwed up.  Ted Cruz can only make it worse.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Will (@BigWillSD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigWillSD\/status\/1682409348851728387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Theodore Roosevelt invited university officials to the White House after a string of fatal football injuries endangered the sport&#8217;s existence and urged them to develop their own regulations rather than relying on the government. This eventually led to the founding of the NCAA, a system of self-governance free from governmental interference in sports.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/camdephilob\/status\/1697673383792742464?s=20<\/p>\n<p>Cruz revealed the legislation in an article that appeared in the Austin American-Statesman.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican senator said on social media that &#8220;college sports are a cultural unifier, and they are bigger and better in Texas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy bill codifying name, image, and likeness rights for college athletes preserves college sports by promoting self-governance and limiting federal involvement in the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Texas is home to the best collegiate athletes in the country, and my bill codifying name, image, and likeness rights for college athletes will keep it that way.<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sQOYTTgC5C\">https:\/\/t.co\/sQOYTTgC5C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTedCruz\/status\/1697666259444232353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sen. Cruz said in his letter that discussions with athletes, administrators, and other individuals at Texas institutions helped him construct the draft legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst, my model codifies NIL rights for college athletes,\u201d he wrote. &#8220;A man or woman is entitled to profit from their own labor and success as a matter of first principle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">College Football is BACK! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oVEwwjV0qm\">pic.twitter.com\/oVEwwjV0qm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cole Cubelic (@colecubelic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colecubelic\/status\/1697349382939767079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Cruz acknowledged that Texas already had this situation. However, based on the legislation in other jurisdictions, some of his state&#8217;s colleges could find themselves at a disadvantage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA national solution for a national market is needed, which is why the Texas State Legislature requested in its NIL law that \u2018\u201c\u2019the United States Congress\u2026act on this matter to ensure the competitive integrity of intercollegiate athletics.&#8217;\u201d Cruz wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Only two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in Alston that the NCAA had broken antitrust laws by preventing collegiate athletes from receiving compensation for expenses linked to their academic careers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is So bizarre and cringe. Ted Cruz trying to look like a \u201ctough guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A real \u201ctough guy defends his wife and father from attacks and doesn&#39;t run away to Cancun when a storm hits the state he represents in the US Senate. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CX8uoi4W4H\">pic.twitter.com\/CX8uoi4W4H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RpsAgainstTrump\/status\/1697238408697958816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A few years previously, in the O&#8217;Bannon case, numerous courts found that the NCAA and its members had wrongfully denied college players the opportunity to receive cash for the use of their likenesses in video games without their permission or payment. The NCAA has maybe demonstrated that it requires more, not less, legal scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>The senator said in his letter that his proposal is not novel. More than 100 years ago, it was attempted and was successful.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ted Cruz being put in his place is what puts me in a good mood. \ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/juLLM8ufS3\">pic.twitter.com\/juLLM8ufS3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Devin Duke (@sirDukeDevin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sirDukeDevin\/status\/1696908092930228663?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter a series of deaths from football-related injuries threatened the sport\u2019s future, President Theodore Roosevelt brought university leaders to the White House to encourage them to create rules that all parties could agree to rather than rely on the government,\u201d Cruz wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis became the early stages of the NCAA, an athletic system built on self-governance free from government intervention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The senator noted that the NCAA is \u201cfar from perfect.\u201d He wrote that his bill would seek to empower \u201cathletic associations to enforce recruiting and transfer rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What is it with liberals and wanting to control every damn aspect of your life?<\/p>\n<p>If they want us to drink two beers a week, frankly they can kiss my ass. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rzSySj5TCh\">pic.twitter.com\/rzSySj5TCh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1697057026839343300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Athletes would not be considered employees for the purposes of employment law, according to the bill&#8217;s final provision. This clause is crucial to maintaining the notion that student-athletes are first and foremost students, and that academics should always come first.<\/p>\n<p>Scholarship recipients would be safeguarded so they could not be &#8220;fired&#8221; for poor performance, and it would prevent the extreme financial pressure that would probably force colleges to discontinue non-revenue sports.<\/p>\n<p>Influential voices have queued up to endorse Cruz&#8217;s pick.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: Ted Cruz says that Joe Biden should be impeached, removed from office and than prosecuted. <\/p>\n<p>Do you agree? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m5K6YQZ2SU\">pic.twitter.com\/m5K6YQZ2SU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Jaeger (@IanJaeger29) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IanJaeger29\/status\/1697268931021492649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The draft, according to NCAA President Charlie Baker, would assist the NCAA &#8220;protect student-athletes from exploitative behavior&#8221; and provide a consistent set of regulations &#8220;at a time when states are engaging in a race to the bottom to gain a competitive edge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The president of Notre Dame, Rev. John Jenkins, echoes this sentiment, claiming that &#8220;college athletics is in a crisis&#8221; and that &#8220;national NIL guardrails&#8221; and procedures that &#8220;ensure student-athletes are students first&#8221; would be &#8220;essential.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cruz&#8217;s proposed amendments to federal law, which also nullify existing state laws, would undoubtedly encounter opposition.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: Ted Cruz calls the Trump indictments \u201cElection Interference\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Do you agree? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bvNlkXDzsZ\">pic.twitter.com\/bvNlkXDzsZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Jaeger (@IanJaeger29) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IanJaeger29\/status\/1697027821078495595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Cruz\u2019s draft also proposes amending the Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act of 2005 (SPARTA) so that agents are obligated to reveal if they have registered with the NCAA or a conference, and if not, the athlete must provide written consent they are okay with the arrangement. It\u2019s not clear how effective this change would be, particularly because, as\u00a0<em>Sportico<\/em>\u00a0<a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportico.com\/law\/analysis\/2020\/sports-agents-college-athletes-feds-1234610203\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:revealed;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-rapid_p=\"25\" data-v9y=\"1\">revealed<\/a>, the Federal Trade Commission has not enforced SPARTA, and one former FTC deputy admitted he had \u201cnever heard\u201d of it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s always great to see Senator Ted Cruz. Texas is fortunate to have a dedicated leader who upholds the principles of the Constitution and safeguards our freedoms. It is crucial to recognize the importance of his continued presence in the Senate. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/libertad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#libertad<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTedCruz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sentedcruz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tedcruz<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2WIPNDRCI8\">pic.twitter.com\/2WIPNDRCI8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Betty Cardenas (@_bettycardenas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_bettycardenas\/status\/1697045557980627101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>College athletics significantly contribute to the development of young people. It teaches children the value of perseverance, self-control, humility, and teamwork. That merits preservation. Yet how?<\/p>\n<p>Do we choose to pursue the road of establishing a new federal agency, the consequent regulation of college sports, and the ensuing hyperpoliticization? 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