After being passed through the Senate Commerce Committee in June, Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) are racing against time for the legislation aimed at creating guardrails around NIL, eligibility issues, transfers and even a conference realignment, with the SEC and Big Ten not providing their support for the bill in its current form.CLOCK IS TICKING AS SENATORS TED CRUZ, MARIA CANTWELL PUSH FOR SEC, BIG TEN BUY-IN ON COLLEGE SPORTS BILLThe bipartisan bill was largely created to help navigate college athletics back into a realistic situation, and out of courtrooms.After years of lobbying Congress for help, which led to the SCORE Act being created before this latest bill, there is a growing dissension between parties on how much actual help is wanted at the federal level.After meeting numerous times this week, the revisions currently being discussed have not been presented to either conference as of Thursday evening.Obviously, time is of the essence, which Senate Majority Leader John Thune referenced to reporters on Thursday afternoon, with him mentioning that it doesn’t look as though it will reach the Senate floor before Congress goes on its August recess.According to sources close to the situation in Washington, Senators Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell are still working to get the bill to the Senate floor before the recess, while also continuing to work out revisions with the SEC and Big Ten regarding the legislation.Also, there has been pushback on the thought that the bill is dead with the news that a vote would likely not take place in August."They're working on language through the night, and that's probably not how they'd be spending their Thursday night if there wasn't a chance," Sen.
Maria Cantwell spokesperson Ansley Lacitis told Fox News/OutKickGREG SANKEY ADDRESSES SEC BREAKAWAY TALK AS MICHIGAN TRIES TO STEAL SPOTLIGHT WITH AD WARDE MANUEL DECISIONSEC Commissioner Greg Sankey speaks during a roundtable discussion on college sports i...