Five U.S. senators joined in reintroducing legislation Thursday that would dramatically alter the compensation and treatment of athletes in major-college sports programs. It also would place new annual reporting requirements on schools regarding their compliance with Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in educational programs.
The bill, again being named the “College Athletes Bill of Rights,” is similar to a measure that Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., introduced in late December 2020. At that time, a Congressional session was coming to a close amid the need to pass year-end spending bills and COVID-19 relief measures, so it was understood the measure would need to be brought up again.