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Sec. 207 · H.R. 9137

Media rights utilization requirement for college sports other than football and basketball

Title II — Sports broadcasting

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(a) Definitions In this section, the terms covered entity, intercollegiate athletic competition, member conference, and member institution have the meanings given those terms in section 8 of the Sports Broadcasting Act, as redesignated by section 201(b)(1) of this Act. (b) Requirement of use A distributor to which any media rights for intercollegiate athletic competitions in a sport other than football or basketball are sold, licensed, or otherwise conveyed by the covered entity or its member institutions or member conferences after the date of enactment of this Act shall affirmatively use those rights by making the competitions reasonably available to the public not later than 1 year after the effective date of the agreement under which the rights are sold, licensed, or otherwise conveyed. (c) Reversion of rights (1) Failure to use rights; opportunity to cure If a distributor to which media rights for intercollegiate athletic competitions in a sport other than football or basketball are sold, licensed, or otherwise conveyed as described in subsection (b) does not use the rights during the 1-year period beginning on the effective date of the agreement under which the rights are sold, licensed, or otherwise conveyed, the covered entity, member institution, or member conference notifies the distributor after the expiration of that 1-year period of the distributor's failure to use the rights, and the distributor does not use the rights during the 180-day period beginning on the date of the notification, the rights for that sport shall revert to the originating covered entity, member institution, or member conference. (2) Reconveyance Upon the reversion of rights under paragraph (1), the covered entity, member institution, or member conference may resell, relicense, or otherwise reconvey the rights to another entity without penalty or liability for breach of the original agreement described in that paragraph. (d) Savings Nothing in this section shall be construed to modify the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, as amended by this title.

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