Short title; table of contents

(a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect College Sports Act of 2026. (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—Protections of student athletes and fair competition Sec. 100. Definitions. Sec. 101. Name, image, and likeness protections. Sec. 102. Modifications to Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act. Sec. 103. Agent registry requirements for intercollegiate athletic associations. Sec. 104. Disclosures and establishment of name, image, and likeness agreement database. Sec. 105. Academic protections. Sec. 106. Medical coverage requirements. Sec. 107. Health, wellness, and safety standards. Sec. 108. Office of the Student Athlete Ombudsman. Sec. 109. Comparable standards for access to facilities, services, and events. Sec. 110. Rules governing certain mid-season coaching transitions. Sec. 111. Student athlete representation on intercollegiate athletic association governing boards. Sec. 112. Transfer protections. Sec. 113. Eligibility to participate in intercollegiate sports. Sec. 114. Prohibited compensation and agreements. Sec. 115. Extension Congressional approval of the continuation of revenue share cap. cap and retention fund. Sec. 116. Commission on the Future of College Athletics. Sec. 117. Recruitment and tampering. Sec. 118. Limitation on liability. Sec. 119. Private right of action. Sec. 120. Whistleblower protection. Sec. 121. Relationship to existing law. Sec. 122. Neutrality on employee or non-employee status. Sec. 123. Applicability. Sec. 124. Severability. Sec. 125. Protection of women’s sports and Olympic sports. Sec. 126. Mid-sized conference representation on intercollegiate athletic association governing boards. Sec. 127. Title IX savings clause. Sec. 128. Protecting opportunities for American student athletes. Sec. 129. Disclosure of foreign financing of intercollegiate athletics. TITLE II—Sports broadcasting Sec. 201. Definitions. Sec. 202. Limitation on liability for transmission of collegiate sports competitions. Sec. 203. Requirements for entities selling media rights. Sec. 204. Market level broadcast access for college football and basketball. Sec. 205. Prohibition on certain conference mergers or acquisition. Sec. 206. Amendments to intercollegiate and interscholastic football contest limitations. Sec. 207. Media rights utilization requirement for college sports other than football and basketball.basketball. TITLE III—HBCU Sports Media and Connectivity Program Sec. 301. Short title. Sec. 302. Grants for improvement of broadband, technology, media, and sports broadcast infrastructure of HBCUs. Sec. 303. Grant uses. Sec. 304. Coordination. Sec. 305. Reports and evaluation. Sec. 306. Definitions. Sec. 307. Authorization of appropriations.