参议院已通过《保护大学体育法案》，为大学体育运动确立全国统一规则，其中包括姓名、形象和肖像（NIL）协议、运动员报酬、招募、参赛资格、转学等方面的标准。
The Senate has passed the Protect College Sports Act, establishing national rules for college athletics, which includes standards for Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deals, athlete compensation, recruiting, eligibility, transferring and more.
该法案由来自得克萨斯州的共和党参议员泰德·克鲁兹和来自华盛顿州的民主党参议员玛丽亚·坎特韦尔主导，于周一晚间以77票对22票获得通过。
The bill, led by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., was passed by a vote of 77-22 on Monday night.
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普敦促议员们在国会暑期休会前通过该法案，称“我们必须把这件事办成”。点击此处了解更多OUTKICK体育报道。“我正敦促众议院和参议院携起手来，最好形成两党共识；看来他们已经做到了。接下来，他们应把法案送到我的办公桌，我会予以签署。”他说。当晚，他-hosted了今年早些时候在冬奥会和冬残奥会上表现出色的美国队成员。
President Donald Trump has urged lawmakers to pass the bill, saying "we have to get that done" prior to Congress' summer recess. CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "I’m urging the House and the Senate to come together, bipartisan if possible and it looks like they have done, to send the bill to my desk and I will sign it," he said the night he hosted members of Team USA from the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, who performed well earlier this year. "I think we have no choice. We have to get that done. If we don’t, we’re very foolish. Nobody knows what will happen.
“我认为，我们别无选择，必须把这件事办成。如果不做，那将是非常愚蠢的。没人知道会发生什么。我们正身处一片未知之地，不能让这种事发生。我们不能任由它发生在这些优秀的人和其他人身上。”本月早些时候，该法案终于推进至下一阶段，使参议院得以推动这项两党共同支持的法案。接下来，法案将提交众议院审议；如果众议院也予以通过，特朗普可能会在办公桌上看到它并签署，使其成为法律。
We’re in Never-Never Land. We’re not going to let that be happening. We’re not going to let that happen to these great people and others." The bill finally got pushed to the next phase earlier this month, giving the Senate the opportunity to advance the bipartisan bill. Now, the bill will go to the House of Representatives, and Trump may see it on his desk toto law if it goes through there.
兰德·保罗：政治人物应置身大学体育之外，让运动员自由参赛“我认为，多数人都承认，当前的大学体育局面一片混乱，”参议院多数党领袖、南达科他州共和党参议员约翰·图恩在投票前说。“这个问题需要解决。”《保护大学体育法案》将为大学体育管理机构提供更强的反垄断法律保护，同时就NIL报酬、转学门户等事项为大学体育运动建立统一框架。
RAND PAUL: POLITICIANS SHOULD STAY OUT OF COLLEGE SPORTS AND LET ATHLETES COMPETE FREELY "I think most people acknowledge that the current landscape of college sports is a mess," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said ahead of the vote. "It needs to be addressed." The Protect College Sports Act would provide the collegiate governing body with greater antitrust legal protections while also establishing a uniform framework for college athletics in terms of NIL compensation, the transfer portal and more.
自美国大学体育协会（NCAA）决定允许学生运动员在参加大学体育运动时获得经济收益以来，克鲁兹一直是力推这项法案的人。然而，局面并没有明确的边界。尽管NCAA试图收拾2021年这一里程碑式决定留下的烂摊子，该协会还是请求立法者出手相助。
Cruz was the one pitching the bill since the NCAA made its decision to allow student-athletes the opportunity to benefit financially while playing college sports. However, there were no boundaries, and despite the NCAA attempting to clean up after the landmark decision in 2021, its asked lawmakers to step in for help. "Some have asked why should Congress get in the middle of this?
“有人问，国会为什么要插手这件事？答案很简单：因为一开始就是国会把事情搞砸的。”克鲁兹周日在新闻发布会上说。
The answer is simple: because Congress screwed it up in the first place," Cruz said during a news conference on Monday. "It has been the federal antitrust laws applied in litigation after litigation after litigation that have had the effect of tearing down essentially all the rules," he continued.
“一又一场诉讼中援用联邦反垄断法，实际上拆除了几乎所有规则。”他继续说。“所以眼下就是一片‘蛮荒西部’。”这项法案将大幅收紧对运动员使用转学门户的限制，同时建立统一的五年参赛资格框架。法案还将为招揽和不当干预行为设立明确规范，规定学校或经纪人只有在许可时限内才能联系或招揽运动员。如果该法案签署成为法律还将确立联邦统一的NIL规则标准，并设定收益分成上限。
"So right now it is the Wild West." The bill would broadly add restrictions to the transfer portal for athletes, while creating a uniform eligibility framework of five years. Recruiting and tampering guardrails would be established, where schools or agents will have to follow specified timeframes when they’re allowed to contact or recruit an athlete. Also, a federal standard for NIL rules and a revenue-sharing cap would be set if the bill were to be signed into law.
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然而，这项法案也遭到一些人的反对，其中包括来自康涅狄格州的联邦参议员克里斯·墨菲。他称，该法案会削弱运动员的议价能力，同时让学校豁免于反垄断法约束。
There are opponents of the bill, however, including Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. who said it would take away bargaining power from the athletes, while creating exemptions from antitrust law for schools.
墨菲本月早些时候在X平台写道：“所谓的‘混乱’在于，如今（大多是黑人）运动员掌握了议价权，而白人教练和体育行业高管对此恨之入骨。”
"The ‘chaos’ is that (mostly Black) athletes now have bargaining power and White coaches and sports industry execs hate it," Murphy said on X earlier this month.
最终，密苏里州共和党联邦参议员乔什·霍利与印第安纳州共和党联邦参议员吉姆·班克斯、阿拉巴马州共和党联邦参议员汤米·图伯维尔一道，于8月就该法案提交了一项修正案，旨在阻止法案推翻各州禁止生理男性参加女子体育运动的州法律。他们想堵住自己所认为的一个漏洞，以免本州旨在将生理男性排除在女子体育运动之外的法律被推翻。
Finally, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., alongside Sens. Jim Banks, R-Ind., and Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., filed an amendment to the bill in August aimed at preventing the bill from overriding state laws that bar biological men from competing in women’s sports. They wanted to close, what they viewed as, a loophole to undo laws in their states designed to keep biological males out of women’s sports.
霍利本月早些时候表示，在确认法案已处理并解决了他的担忧、且处理结果令他满意后，他投票支持推进这项立法。
Hawley said earlier this month he voted to advance the legislation after saying his concern was addressed and fixed within the bill to his satisfaction.
众议院将休会至中期选举结束后，因此，对是否将该法案送交特朗普签署的潜在表决也只能推迟进行。
The House is under recess until after the midterm elections, meaning a potential vote on the bill to send it to Trump's desk would have to wait.