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Tomorrow night I kick off my book tour at Barbara's Bookstore at Macy's in downtown Chicago — 6pm, September 17th. If you're in the city, come say hi.

But today I want to talk about something I've been watching build for 15 years.

Yesterday the Senate voted 74-24 to invoke cloture on the Protect College Sports Act — clearing the 60-vote threshold needed to stop a filibuster and moving it one step closer to a full Senate vote expected next week. No college sports bill has ever come this close.

I'm going to break down exactly what's in it: the limited antitrust exemption that would finally slow the litigation avalanche, the one-time transfer rule, the agent fee cap at 5%, the media rights pooling provision, and the conference size limits. And I'll tell you what I actually think — because my view is that for 95% of college student-athletes, this bill does more good than harm. The criticism is coming from a loud minority.

Today's Daily Dose is my full breakdown.

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Vito Stellino1 month ago

If students can transfer every year why cant football players. You are limiting players from making more money for something called team building. And in basketball best players leave for NBA after one year anyway And giving NCAA any kind of anti trust exemption is scary. How about capping coaching salaries.