The Protect College Sports Act may still be passed before the November election. If it is, Sen. Ted Cruz told Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde he hopes President Donald Trump will sign the bill live on the set of ESPN’s “College GameDay.”
This is not a new idea. Cruz previously hoped the bill would be passed earlier this year after it reached the U.S. Senate in June. The original plan was for Trump to sign it before the Ohio State-Texas game in September. Instead, Cruz showed up to promote the PCSA and got booed.
Cruz is targeting the Texas A&M-Alabama game in late October, Forde posted on X. As we’ve now learned, anytime Trump shows up at a college football game, it causes a great disturbance. Actually putting him on the “College GameDay” set sounds like a huge headache for everyone involved, which is why he wasn’t celebrity guest picker last weekend. But ESPN has already proven itself to be very supportive of the bill and president.
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Donald Trump on ‘College GameDay’
There is still a lot to do to get there. Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger posted there are a number of amendments that must be voted on before the bill has a final vote. One would increase the cap on the number of power-conference teams from 19 to 20. A hard cap on athlete revenue sharing will not be voted on and neither will a coaching salary cap.
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Despite the fact that even those in support of the bill admit it’s not perfect, there is still a rush to pass it. The House of Representatives may even cut into its extensive time off to return to Washington to vote on the bill if it has to.
And if it does, what a get that would be for ESPN. You know how hard it is to book a sitting president for a live appearance two weeks before an election?
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