The Protect College Sports Act Isn’t Saving College Football — It’s Creating CFB Destruction

JR breaks down why the Protect College Sports Act from Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell isn’t saving college football — it’s strapping golden handcuffs on the Big Ten and SEC and creating the exact conditions for a private equity super league of the top 30-50 programs. Big Ten football news, Protect College Sports Act, Ted Cruz, Maria Cantwell, college football, private equity, super league, NIL, transfer portal.

In this episode of The Big Ten Huddle we look at the actual language of the bill, the incentives it creates, the amendment that got voted down, and what a profit-first league would really cut (band, Olympic sports, pageantry, rivalries, and the “college” part of college football). The current system is messy. The version this bill enables is colder — and permanent.

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