Overview
- A discussion draft from presidential committees calls for a two‑year College Sports Reform Task Force overseen by Congress with authority grounded in a narrow antitrust shield.
- Phase 1 centers on cost controls that include capping pay for coaches and athletics administrators to rein in spending and keep non‑revenue teams from being cut.
- The draft moves to stop booster‑run name, image and likeness workarounds by banning the re‑direction of multimedia and apparel revenue into outside collectives.
- Phase 2 explores pooling media rights at future contract expirations, a step that would require changes to the Sports Broadcasting Act and would roll out slowly because many TV deals extend for years.
- Phase 3 would replace the NCAA system with a permanent 15‑member board that includes student‑athletes, power‑conference leaders and Notre Dame, and the plan’s next steps depend on federal legislation such as the SCORE Act that still lacks clear Senate support.