Alabama and Auburn have issued a joint statement urging US politicians to reject the Protect College Sports Act in its current form.
The bill is currently being considered by lawmakers as congress seeks to help stabilize college athletics. However, leaders from both Alabama and Auburn are concerned about the impact the bill would ultimately have on college athletics.
Here’s an excerpt from the statement:
Auburn University and The University of Alabama both appreciate Congress’s attention to these challenges and share the goals of creating opportunities for and protecting student-athletes, sustaining women’s and Olympic sports, and promoting fair competition through a single, clear national set of rules. But this bill does not meet that standard. In its current form, it solves little of what genuinely challenges college athletics and leaves the central questions to the courts, inviting the very litigation it claims to prevent.
The statement was signed by the Board of Trustees Presidents and the University Presidents at both Auburn and Alabama. Here’s the statement in full:
Other prominent SEC programs have also released statements in opposition to the bill in recent weeks. The SEC and Big Ten have also expressed issues with the bill.
The Protect College Sports act is a bipartisan bill sponsored by republican senator Ted Cruz and democrat Maria Cantwell.
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Spenser is a news editor for Saturday Down South and covers college football across all Saturday Football brands.
