The bill, led by Sen.Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Sen.
Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., was passed by a vote of 77-22 on Monday night.President Donald Trump has urged lawmakers to pass the bill, saying "we have to get that done" prior to Congress' summer recess.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEChairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, talks with a reporter after a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee roundtable on the "Protect College Sports Act and the current state of collegiate athletics" in the Russell building on Wednesday, June 10, 2026.(CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)"I’m urging the House and the Senate to come together, bipartisan if possible and it looks like they have done, to send the bill to my desk and I will sign it," he said the night he hosted members of Team USA from the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, who performed well earlier this year.
"I think we have no choice.We have to get that done.
If we don’t, we’re very foolish.Nobody knows what will happen.
We’re in Never-Never Land.We’re not going to let that be happening.
We’re not going to let that happen to these great people and others."The bill finally got pushed to the next phase earlier this month, giving the Senate the opportunity to advance the bipartisan bill.Now, the bill will go to the House of Representatives, and Trump may see it on his desk to sign into law if it goes through there.RAND PAUL: POLITICIANS SHOULD STAY OUT OF COLLEGE SPORTS AND LET ATHLETES COMPETE FREELY"I think most people acknowledge that the current landscape of college sports is a mess," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said ahead of the vote.
"It needs to be addressed."The Protect College Sports Act would provide the collegiate governing body with greater antitrust legal protections while also establishing a uniform framework for college athletics in terms of NIL compensation, the transfer portal and more.Cruz was the one pitching the bill since the NCAA made its decision to allow s...