Senate Bill tries to tighten loose ends in the 2024 NCAA settlement

NPR | By Ailsa Chang

Published August 5, 2026 at 4:22 PM EDT

Two years after the NCAA and Power 5 athletic conferences' billion dollar settlement with former and active student-athletes, federal legislation to keep college sports solvent is close to a senate vote.

Ailsa Chang

Ailsa Chang is an award-winning journalist and a host of NPR’s newsmagazine All Things Considered, as well as NPR’s daily news podcast Consider This.

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