MURPHY STANDS WITH ATHLETES, LABOR, AND CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS TO RALLY AGAINST THE SO-CALLED PROTECT COLLEGE SPORTS ACT

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Chris Murphy issued the following press release:

As the Senate begins considering the so-called Protect College Sports Act (PCSA), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joined college athletes, their families, labor advocates, and civil rights leaders to speak out against the legislation.

Murphy pushed back against the manufactured "crisis" framing offered by the PCSA's supporters, highlighting record revenues. Murphy argued the PCSA will give the NCAA legal cover to abuse athletes' rights and re-institute a system of collusion and exploitation in college athletics.

Murphy offered a topline of the bill: "What this bill does at its core is to protect a system of exploitation. This bill protects the billions of d...