{"id":7864,"date":"2025-12-03T16:46:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T22:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/u-s-house-punts-vote-on-college-athlete-compensation-bill-2\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T16:46:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T22:46:38","slug":"u-s-house-punts-vote-on-college-athlete-compensation-bill-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/u-s-house-punts-vote-on-college-athlete-compensation-bill-2\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. House punts vote on college-athlete compensation bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. House GOP leadership pulled a bill from the House floor Wednesday that would set a\u00a0national framework<\/a> for college-athletes\u2019 compensation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements, or \u2018\u2018SCORE\u201d Act, would bar student-athletes from being recognized as employees and provide broad antitrust immunity to the NCAA and college sports conferences.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The measure was on the House schedule for Wednesday, before the office of Majority Whip Tom Emmer announced Wednesday afternoon its consideration would be postponed. The notice did not provide a reason for the cancellation, as is typical.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The bill\u2019s lead sponsors are GOP Rep. Gus Bilirakis of Florida and Democratic Reps. Janelle Bynum of Oregon and Shomari Figures of Alabama.<\/p>\n

The other original co-sponsors are all Republicans: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie of Kentucky, Education and Workforce Committee Chair Tim Walberg of Michigan, and Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio, Lisa McClain of Michigan, Scott Fitzgerald of Wisconsin and Russell Fry of South Carolina.<\/p>\n

Bipartisan opposition<\/h4>\n

The bill has faced widespread Democratic opposition over concerns it would roll back student-athletes\u2019 rights and give \u201cunchecked authority\u201d to the NCAA while failing to protect student-athletes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Though the bill has garnered broad GOP support, some in the party have pushed back against it. House GOP critics include Texas\u2019 Chip Roy, who dubbed the bill a \u201cBand-Aid on a gunshot wound\u201d during a\u00a0House Rules Committee hearing<\/a> Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Roy, along with fellow House Freedom Caucus members, Byron Donalds of Florida and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, joined Democrats in\u00a0voting against the rule<\/a> governing floor debate alongside several other measures Tuesday. The rule was still adopted, 210-209.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The bill advanced in July out of the House Energy and Commerce and Education and Workforce committees, which have jurisdiction over elements of the bill.<\/p>\n

The college sports world has grappled with the fallout from the NCAA\u2019s 2021 guidelines, which let student-athletes profit from their name, image and likeness, or NIL. A patchwork of NIL laws exists across states, with no federal NIL law in place.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In June, a\u00a0federal judge approved<\/a> the terms of a nearly $2.8 billion antitrust settlement that paved the way for schools to directly pay athletes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Senate Dems\u2019 competing bill<\/h4>\n

Meanwhile, the bill would face\u00a0a tough path in the Senate, where Democrats have expressed opposition.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Democratic Sens. Maria Cantwell of Washington state, Cory Booker of New Jersey and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut introduced competing NIL-related legislation in September.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Known as the Student Athlete Fairness and Enforcement Act, or \u201cSAFE Act,\u201d\u00a0the bill<\/a> \u201cgives all athletes Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) rights, establishes uniform health and safety standards, protects scholarships and requires agents to register with a state and abide by clear contract requirements, including a 5 percent cap on fees,\u201d according to Democrats on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, where Cantwell serves as ranking member.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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