Committee on intercollegiate sports media rights

The Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 is amended— (1) by redesignating sections 5 and 6 (15 U.S.C. 1295, 1291 note) as sections 8 and 9, respectively; and (2) by inserting after section 4 (15 U.S.C. 1294) the following: 5. Committee on intercollegiate sports media rights (a) Definitions (1) Terms defined in Student Athlete Fairness and Enforcement Act In this section, the terms athletic association, conference, student athlete and varsity intercollegiate sport have the meanings given those terms in section 2 of the Student Athlete Fairness and Enforcement Act. (2) Other terms In this section: (A) Collective media rights revenue The term collective media rights revenue means revenue derived from the sale or transfer of the collective media rights of all member institutions resulting from a joint agreement described in section 1(b)(1). (B) Committee The term Committee means the committee established under subsection (b). (C) Member institution The term member institution means an institution that is a member of an association described in section 1(b)(2)(A) that enters into a joint agreement described in section 1(b)(1). (b) Establishment There is established within the National Collegiate Athletic Association a committee with authority over— (1) the marketing and negotiation of the sale or transfer of the collective media rights of all member institutions; and (2) the distribution of collective media rights revenue to member institutions. (c) Membership (1) Selection The members of the Committee shall be selected by the presidents of member institutions. (2) Number Notwithstanding any other rule of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for the establishment, selection, composition, or membership of any body, committee, or board of the association, or the weight of the vote of any member of such body, committee, or board, the Committee shall consist of 14 voting members having 1 vote each. (3) Representation (A) Current or former student athletes (i) In general 2 members of the Committee shall be student athletes who— (I) are student athletes as of the date of their selection for the Committee; or (II) were student athletes during the 5-year period preceding the date of their selection for the Committee. (ii) Athletes in sports other than football and basketball Not less than 1 individual selected for the Committee under clause (i) shall be a current or former student athlete who plays or played a varsity intercollegiate sport other than football or basketball. (B) No employees of conferences or athletic associations No individual who is a current or former employee of a conference or athletic association may be selected for the Committee. (C) Limit on employees and representatives of certain institutions and conferences Not more than 4 members of the Committee may be employees or representatives of— (i) an institution that is among the 70 institutions with the highest athletics revenue during the 2024–2025 academic year; or (ii) the Southeastern Conference, the Big Ten Conference, the Big 12 Conference, or the Atlantic Coast Conference, or any successors thereto, including employees or representatives of any institution that is a member of such a conference. (D) HBCU representative (i) In general Not less than 1 member of the Committee shall be a representative of a historically Black college or university. (ii) Definition For purposes of clause (i), the term historically Black college or university means a part B institution, as defined in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061). (E) Non-revenue sport representative Not less than 1 member of the Committee, other than a member selected under subparagraph (A)(i), shall be associated with a varsity intercollegiate sport other than football, basketball, or another revenue-generating sport. (F) Non-football institution Not less than 1 member of the Committee shall be an employee or representative of an institution that does not sponsor a varsity intercollegiate football team. (G) Non-power conference representatives Three members of the Committee shall be representatives of conferences other than the Southeastern Conference, the Big Ten Conference, the Big 12 Conference, or the Atlantic Coast Conference, or any successors thereto. (H) Title IX expert Not less than 1 member of the Committee shall be an academic who— (i) is a recognized expert on title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.); and (ii) is not an employee of— (I) a conference; or (II) the athletic department of a member institution. (I) Consumer advocate Not less than 1 member of the Committee shall be a consumer advocate with expertise in providing sports content to fans. (d) Attorney or other representative The Committee may retain or select an attorney, agent, person, or entity to engage in marketing or negotiation on behalf of the Committee. (e) Distribution of media rights revenue to institutions (1) Method Not less frequently than once each academic year, the Committee shall, by vote of a majority of the members, determine the method of distribution of collective media rights revenue among member institutions. (2) Requirements The method of distribution of collective media rights revenue determined under paragraph (1) shall ensure that— (A) each member institution receives more collective media rights revenue during each academic year than the institution received during the 2024–2025 academic year; and (B) each member institution is able to offer and maintain the same number of scholarships and roster spots for non-revenue-generating varsity intercollegiate sports programs and women’s varsity intercollegiate sports programs during each academic year as the institution provided during the 2023–2024 academic year. (f) Institutional allocation of media rights revenue Any member institution that receives collective media rights revenue shall offer and maintain at least as many scholarships and roster spots for non-revenue-generating varsity intercollegiate sports programs and women’s varsity intercollegiate sports programs during each academic year as the institution provided during the 2023–2024 academic year. (g) Distribution requirement Not later than 30 days after receiving a payment of collective media rights revenue from a media rights partner, the National Collegiate Athletic Association shall distribute the collective media rights revenue to member institutions in accordance with the method determined under subsection (e)(1). (h) Publication of distribution Not later than 30 days after distributing collective media rights revenue to member institutions, the National Collegiate Athletic Association shall publicly post on its website the amount of revenue distributed to each member institution..