With the Senate back in session next week — and with the college football season in full swing — lobbying around the Protect College Sports Act is picking up again.
If you watched even a moderate amount of football last weekend, you know that Nick Saban, the legendary former coach, appeared in a pro-PCSA commercial funded by a group called Saving College Sports. If you turned on ESPN’s College GameDay at a certain time, you would have heard Saban and Pat McAfee discussing how Congress has to regulate the industry, another endorsement of the bill. This week, Saving College Sports is out with another television spot, this one starring Colorado Coach Deion Sanders, as Politico first reported.
With a tight window before the midterms, those pushing the bill are getting heavy hitters to support it in public. On the other side, though, some of the biggest names in opposition have been operating behind the scenes.