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  "id": 10585537,
  "title": "Senate approves sweeping bill to regulate college sports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/senate-approves-sweeping-bill-to-regulate-college-sports",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T02:18:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-approves-bill-regulate-college-sports-ncaa/"
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  "summary": "The US Senate has approved a bill aimed at establishing a federal framework for college athletics to protect student athletes. The Protect College Sports Act passed with a bipartisan vote of 77-22.\n\nThe bill, co-sponsored by Senators Ted Cruz, Maria Cantwell, Eric Schmitt, and Chris Coons, would double the revenue-sharing cap and codify name, image, and likeness rights for college athletes. It also proposes measures to limit cap-circumvention, create a one-time transfer policy, and impose restrictions on agents and coaching transfers.\n\nSome Democrats had expressed concerns that the bill could have the opposite effect of its intended purpose, and an amendment to cap ticket price increases for college sporting events to four percent a year was defeated, according to The Hill.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Senate nears vote on college sports bill that would rein in athlete payments and transfers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/senate-nears-vote-on-college-sports-bill-that-would-rein-in-athlete",
        "published": "2026-09-28T16:12:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Senate nears vote on college sports bill that would rein in athlete payments and transfers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/senate-nears-vote-on-college-sports-bill-that-would-rein-in-athlete-10484414",
        "published": "2026-09-28T16:13:48.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "WATCH LIVE: Senate expected to consider the Protect College Sports Act",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/watch-live-senate-expected-to-consider-the-protect-college-sports-act",
        "published": "2026-09-28T16:40:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Senate tees up college sports bill aimed at regulating NIL deals",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/senate-tees-up-college-sports-bill-aimed-at-regulating-nil-deals",
        "published": "2026-09-28T17:17:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Senate expected to pass landmark college sports bill",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/senate-expected-to-pass-landmark-college-sports-bill",
        "published": "2026-09-28T23:17:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Senate defeats proposal to limit ticket price increases for college sports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/senate-defeats-proposal-to-limit-ticket-price-increases-for-college",
        "published": "2026-09-29T01:14:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "The Senate passes the Protect College Sports Act, but the bill's future is unclear",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/the-senate-passes-the-protect-college-sports-act-but-the-bills-future",
        "published": "2026-09-29T02:16:19.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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