The Protect College Sports Act Is Close to Passing a Senate Full of Former College Athletes
NPR reports the Protect College Sports Act is on the brink of passing in the Senate, where a handful of former college athletes who are now senators have an extra say in the debate — on both sides of the aisle. That last detail is the interesting part. A shared past does not produce a shared position. Knowing that a senator once competed tells you they aren't arriving at the argument cold; it doesn't tell you which way they'll vote, and NPR's framing has them scattered across the argument rather than lined up as a bloc.
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Set aside who played what: the harder question is why Congress is legislating college sports at all.
Because firsthand experience is what the chamber is short of. An extra say is not the same as a deciding say, though — which is exactly why the votes still have to be counted.