S. 2932
Introduced in Senate · October 10, 2025September 29, 2025
Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
A BILL
To protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes, and for other purposes.
1. Short title; table of contents; 2. Definitions; TITLE I—NAME, IMAGE, AND LIKENESS PROTECTIONS; 101. Rights and protections; 102. NIL reporting; 103. Endorsement contract requirements; 104. Student athlete sports agent reform; 105. Financial literacy and life skills protections; TITLE II—STUDENT ATHLETE TRANSFER AND DRAFT PROTECTIONS; 201. Transfer protections; 202. Professional draft protections; TITLE III—STUDENT ATHLETE HEALTH AND SAFETY RULES AND PROTECTIONS; 301. Student athlete safety standards; 302. Independence of medical professionals; 303. Provision of certain health care benefits for expenses related to participation in a varsity intercollegiate sport; TITLE IV—SCHOLARSHIP AND COURSEWORK PROTECTIONS; 401. Student athlete scholarship protections; 402. Limitation on influence or retaliation for coursework; TITLE V—NONDISCRIMINATION AT TOURNAMENTS; 501. Nondiscriminatory access to facilities, services, and events; TITLE VI—INTERNATIONAL STUDENT VISAS; 601. F visas and employment authorization for international student athletes; TITLE VII—ADDITIONAL REVENUE SUPPORT TO PRESERVE COLLEGE SPORTS; 701. Authority for jersey or uniform patches; TITLE VIII—OFFICE OF THE ATHLETE OMBUDS; 801. Office of the Athlete Ombuds; TITLE IX—COLLEGE BROADCAST MEDIA RIGHTS; 901. Purpose; 902. Definitions; 903. Expansion of Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 to college sports; 904. Committee on intercollegiate sports media rights; 905. Market level broadcast access for college football and basketball; 906. Streaming rights utilization requirement for college sports other than football and basketball; 907. Limitation on renegotiation or extension of existing media rights contracts; TITLE X—ENFORCEMENT AND OVERSIGHT; 1001. Commission enforcement and oversight; 1002. Enforcement by States; 1003. Private right of action; 1004. Whistleblower protections; TITLE XI—GENERAL PROVISIONS; 1101. Authorization of appropriations; 1102. Relationship to existing law; 1103. Severability