May 28May 28 Moderator No. The bipartisan Bill co-authored by Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell that would provide antitrust protection for college athletic enforcement has a decent chance of passing and being signed into law by the president.But not without debate and objection, of course.Among other relief provided by the Bill would be a one-time limit on players transferring for any or no reason, except for being allowed to transfer when a coach moves on.The Bill would also prevent tampering with a coach, as happened with LSU and Lane Kiffin last season, before the season ends.[The photo below is of 'How are you Fixed for Blades' Ted Cruz, not Grandpa Munster. Someone, please, tell Ted to find a new tailor. 😁]AP NewsKey Sens. Cruz, Cantwell look to break college sports log...The senators trying to fix college sports will introduce a bipartisan bill designed to break a congressional logjam that would regulate payments to players, limit them to one “free” transfer over thei
May 28May 28 No. Well, good luck with this. I have little faith that our Congress can make anything better...but I guess we need to start somewhere. 🤞
May 28May 28 No. Not so fast my friends...https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/inside-the-making-and-future-of-the-latest-bill-to-save-college-sports--and-the-major-sticking-point-thats-rankling-sec-and-big-ten-officials-012759191.html
May 28May 28 Author Moderator No. 2 hours ago, HDuck said:Not so fast my friends...https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/inside-the-making-and-future-of-the-latest-bill-to-save-college-sports--and-the-major-sticking-point-thats-rankling-sec-and-big-ten-officials-012759191.htmlThanks, H. There is no way the B1G and the SEC will agree to market football and men's basketball with the ACC, B12, and G6. The Power 2 down the road could agree to go to market with one another. Cue the antitrust lawyers.
May 29May 29 Moderator No. The Bill being 111 pages long just shows how lawmakers can propose a solution that is so complex that it requires a team of attorneys to analyze it for weeks to understand the ramifications, and find any available loopholes. Then, it will be challenged in court, and those same attorneys get another payday. Sigh….
May 29May 29 No. 2 minutes ago, Drake said:The Bill being 111 pages long just shows how lawmakers can propose a solution that is so complex that it requires a team of attorneys to analyze it for weeks to understand the ramifications, and find any available loopholes.Then, it will be challenged in court, and those same attorneys get another payday.Sigh….Follow the money trail.
May 29May 29 Author Moderator No. From SEC meetings in Florida.Over $100 million in NIL deals are being held up by the House settlement approved College Sports Commission. Too many deals. Too few worker bees? We've seen this movie before with the NCAA moving at glacial speed.Agents are telling ADs that if their clients are not paid, they will not play. But, they're not employees, right?
May 30May 30 Author Moderator No. Cig sounds the alarm. This is from a man who has coached at every level of the sport -Curt Cignetti sounds the alarm saying college football changes can't wait much longer
June 5Jun 5 Author Moderator No. Hats off to Bret Bielema for calling out Notre Dame -Illinois' Bret Bielema Tells Notre Dame to 'Just Join a C...Illinois head coach Bret Bielema had some pretty strong words for Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua on Thursday after the latter suggested a super league would be the best way to monetize col
June 5Jun 5 Author Moderator No. Nice Meeting with you, Senator, but your Bill is still bogus and Cant (end) Well - https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/big-ten-sec-release-statement-230632591.html
June 5Jun 5 Author Moderator No. Tony and Greg. Cruzen for a bruisin'?https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/sen-ted-cruz-details-confrontation-165857671.html
June 6Jun 6 Author Moderator No. Punish the B1G and the SEC so the little guys can survive, and give Notre Dame the swing vote in deciding to collectively bargain media rights deals, is nonsensical. The Senators behind the Bill, Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell, are not dummies.Cantwell graduated from a quality Liberal Arts college, Miami of Ohio.Cruz is a Princeton graduate and earned a law degree from Harvard, where he was the editor of the Harvard Law Review.The Bill pits the "Group of 8" against the Power 2. It may be well intentioned, but ...https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/06/02/ted-cruz-nil-bill-college-football-cantwell-ncaa/90351736007/USA Today calls the Bill: A 111-page mess.
June 6Jun 6 Author Moderator No. My conference is super, but we don't want a Super League.AP NewsSEC's Sankey says superleague idea 'not consistent with t...Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey said there’s no talk of a merger with the Big Ten and called the notion that the SEC wants to form a super league as “not consistent with the truth.”
June 6Jun 6 Author Moderator No. Greg is not alone in dissing the idea of a CFB Super League. This from his 'friend,' Tony P -https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/tony-petitti-calls-idea-big-025318447.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJYduMp3-pUPjALWhigIn8I_2Fa-xZmknWDA-sBqnISYXaFkrv5The Bill's title should be: The G8 vs. the Power 2, with a side order of Notre Dame.
June 6Jun 6 Author Moderator No. Greg is not alone in dissing the idea of a CFB Super League. This from his 'friend,' Tony P -https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/tony-petitti-calls-idea-big-025318447.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJYduMp3-pUPjALWhigIn8I_2Fa-xZmknWDA-sBqnISYXaFkrv5The Bill's title should be: The G8 vs. the Power 2, with a side order of Notre Dame.
June 27Jun 27 Author Moderator No. Ted Cruz, What Ya Gonna Do? You want the Red Raiders and the recently blemished Cody Campbell in your corner, or Texas and Texas A&M? I don't believe you have to be a graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law School, like Ted, to come up with the right answer. 🤑BTW, Ted, instead of that school in Seattle, your buddy Maria Cantwell is making Wazzu and E. Washington happy. Brilliant!On3Texas A&M, Texas release joint statement to Ted Cruz oppo....
June 28Jun 28 Author Moderator No. The SEC and B1G footprints cover 26 states, ergo 52 senators.318 members of the 435-member House of Representatives are from the 26 Power 2 states. The Congressional Black Caucus has turned thumbs down on the Cruz/Cantwell bill. Without the support of the Power 2, I don't see how the Bill reaches the president's desk.
July 3Jul 3 Author Moderator No. Should the Big Ten and the SEC break away today, asks USA Today?https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/07/01/big-ten-sec-expansion-congress-protect-college-sports/90762917007/
Tuesday at 02:20 PM1 day Author Moderator No. You can expand to 20 teams; however, except for Notre Dame and UConn, any new member has to play as an independent for five seasons before joining the new conference.Are you spitting me? Why would any conference, especially the Power 2, support this D(isturbed) C(ognitive) nonsense? https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/protect-college-sports-act-proposal-conference-expansion/?ftag=SNL-04-10aaa0b&ET_CID=565739&ET_RID=52482716
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