The United States Senate passed the controversial “Protect College Sports Act” (PCSA) on Monday evening and if the House of Representatives returns to work and votes on the bill, it would then go to the White House for President Trump to sign it into law.
The PCSA was sold to the public as legislation that would codify collegiate sports, even the playing field, and prevent the “runaway spending” that has changed the landscape of college athletics — with a special focus on football. It achieves some of these things, to the bill’s credit, but much of the motivation behind the PCSA is far less rooted in the lofty ideals of fair play, and far more about regressing to a point where success in sports is primarily based in how many rules a school was willing to break.
Complete text of the bill which passed on September 28 can be found here, but today we’re going to dive into the CliffNotes of this landmark legislation to explore the good things it achieves, the bad things it could bring about, and the clearly dirty elements of this bill that were intentionally buried from public view while marketing its passage.
