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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2663
To establish the American Collegiate Sports Association, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL7, 2025
Mr. B
AUMGARTNERintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To establish the American Collegiate Sports Association, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restore College Sports 4
Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. AMERICAN COLLEGIATE SPORTS ASSOCIATION. 6
(a) E
STABLISHMENT.—The American Collegiate 7
Sports Association (in this Act referred to as the 8
‘‘ACSA’’) is established to oversee and regulate college 9
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sports, in replacement of the National Collegiate Athletic 1
Association (NCAA). 2
(b) M
EMBERSHIP.—The ACSA shall be comprised of 3
institutions of higher education that participate in the 4
ACSA as member institutions of higher education. 5
(c) G
OVERNANCE.— 6
(1) C
OMMISSIONER.—The ACSA shall be gov-7
erned by a commissioner. 8
(2) A
PPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONER .—The 9
Commission shall be led by a Commissioner, who 10
shall be appointed by the President, by and with the 11
advice and consent of the Senate. 12
(3) T
ERM OF COMMISSIONER .—The commis-13
sioner shall serve a term of 4 years. 14
(d) R
ULES.—Each member institution of higher edu-15
cation shall comply with the following rules of the ACSA: 16
(1) All revenue relating to name, image, and 17
likeness, including direct payments from member in-18
stitutions of higher education and collectives, shall 19
be distributed equally among all student athletes of 20
such institutions within the ACSA. 21
(2) Student athletes of member institutions of 22
higher education shall have the right to transfer 23
freely among such institutions without penalty or re-24
striction. 25
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(3) Athletic conferences shall be comprised of 1
member institutions of higher education within the 2
same time zone to minimize travel and academic dis-3
ruption. 4
(4) All revenue generated from athletic pro-5
grams of member institutions of higher education, 6
including ticket sales, merchandise, and sponsor-7
ships, shall be shared equally among such member 8
institutions of higher education and student athletes 9
within the ACSA. 10
(5) The maximum annual salary of each coach 11
of a member institution of higher education shall be 12
capped at a level not more than 10 times the full 13
cost of attendance for students at such institution. 14
(6) All revenue generated from broadcasting 15
college sports events on television shall be shared 16
equally among all member institutions of higher edu-17
cation within the ACSA. 18
(e) E
NFORCEMENT.—Section 487(a) of the Higher 19
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended 20
by adding at the end the following: 21
‘‘(30) The institution will be a member of the 22
American Collegiate Sports Association established 23
under section 2 of the Restore College Sports Act 24
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and will comply with the requirements of subsection 1
(d) of such section.’’. 2
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