WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper welcomed the Senate passage of the Protect College Sports Act (https://www.hickenlooper.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Protect-College-Sports-Act.pdf), which includes a Hickenlooper negotiated compromise requiring schools that participate in the bill's new collective media rights framework to protect Olympic and non-revenue sports.
The bill also locks in roster and scholarship minimums to prevent the quiet cutting of sports that has accelerated in recent years as college athletics has become an increasingly commercial enterprise. Over the last two years, we've seen non-revenue sports get cut, including 415 colle...