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The college sports bill is mired in the Senate, while other congressional agenda items remain stalled.

The college sports bill is mired in the Senate, while other congressional agenda items remain stalled.

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September 18th, 2026

The college sports bill is mired in the Senate, while other congressional agenda items remain stalled.

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Congress has been preoccupied all year with passing major legislation, and in doing so has repeatedly deferred debates on annual spending, national defense, cryptocurrency, and artificial intelligence.

国会今年始终致力于通过重大立法却因此将有关年度支出国防加密货币人工智能的辩论一再延宕

Yet in the final weeks of the session, with the midterm elections drawing ever nearer, the Senate could reach consensus on but one matteraddressing the issue of college sports.

然而会期的最后数周随着中期选举日益迫近参议院唯能就一事达成共识——解决大学体育问题

The Senate held two votes this week in a determined push for legislation aimed at comprehensively overhauling the rules and financing system of college sports.

参议院于本周两度付诸表决,力推一项旨在对大学体育规则与融资体制实施全面重塑的立法

The move is intended to erect guardrails against runaway spending, curb interminable legal battles, and restore order to what its proponents describe as the "chaos" afflicting the sport.

此番举措意在为急剧膨胀的开支构筑护栏遏止无休无止的法律纷争为其支持者所称的体育项目中的“混乱”拨乱反正

The bill has now garnered the cosponsorship of more than 70 senators, yet it must still secure passage in the House of Representatives before it can become law, with a final vote potentially taking place as early as next week.

该法案目前已获得逾70名参议员的联署支持,然其仍须经众议院审议通过方可成事,最终表决最快或于下周举行。

Even so, critics within the Senate contend that this matter is far from the most pressing issue confronting Congressand they question why senators have failed to focus, ahead of the midterm elections, on what they regard as more urgent concerns.

即便如此参议院内仍有批评者指出此事远非国会所面临的最紧迫议题——并对参议员们未能在中期选举前聚焦于他们所认定的更为迫切的问题提出质疑

Rick Scott, the Republican senator from Florida who opposes the sports bill, said that before lawmakers leave Washington to hit the campaign trail, Congress ought to give priority to tackling the issue of affordability.

反对该体育法案佛罗里达州共和党参议员里克·斯科特表示在议员们离开华盛顿投身竞选活动之前,国会理应优先着手解决 affordability 问题

Scott said the college sports bill "draws the federal government too deeply into college athletics" and risks spawning a host of new problems.

斯科特称这项大学体育法案让联邦政府过度介入大学体育”,恐将滋生新的问题

Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, said the Senate ought to be devoting its energies to other matters, "when we are mired in a catastrophic war and a worsening cost crisis."

康涅狄格州民主党参议员克里斯·墨菲表示,参议院理应将精力倾注于其他事务之上,“当我们正身陷一场灾难性的战争与不断加剧的成本危机之中时”。

Murphy asserted this week that this college sports legislation addresses "a crisis that does not exist."

墨菲于本周声称,这项大学体育立法所应对的乃“一场子虚乌有的危机”。

He went on to argue that the bill falls short on both counts: reforming the system and protecting athletes.

进而辩称该法案改革体制保护运动员两端着力不足

Proponents of the bill contend that it would reduce costs for universities, confer unprecedented health and labor protections upon hundreds of thousands of student-athletes, and establish a uniform set of rules for all colleges and universities.

该法案的拥护者声称此举将削减大学成本为数十万学生运动员赋予前所未有的健康与劳动保障并为所有高校确立一套整齐划一的规则

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This summer, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, made a solemn commitment to the bill's principal sponsorsTed Cruz, the Texas Republican who chairs the Commerce Committee, and Maria Cantwell, the Washington senator who serves as the panel's ranking Democratthat he would hold a vote on the legislation in September.

参议院多数党领袖南达科他州共和党人约翰·图恩于今年夏天向该法案的主要发起人——商务委员会主席得克萨斯州共和党人特德·克鲁兹,以及该委员会首席民主党人、华盛顿州参议员玛丽亚·坎特韦尔——郑重承诺他将于9月就该法案举行投票

He acknowledged that there was "pent-up demand" to fix college sports, "and it's obviously broken."

他坦言修复大学体育存在被压抑的需求”,“而且它显然已经支离破碎”。

"I have always maintained that, as time has gone on, it has become abundantly clear that no one else is going to step in and fix it," Thune said.

“我始终认为,随着时间的推移,已然昭示,再无旁人会着手将其修复,”图恩如是说。

The legislation is intended to dispel what Cantwell calls the "spending spiral" that has already engulfed college sports: name, image, and likeness paymentsthat is, the money student-athletes earn by monetizing their endorsements, social media, and public appearanceshave driven football teams to a payroll of $30 million.

该立法意在消解坎特韦尔所言之“支出螺旋”——此一螺旋已然笼罩大学体育:姓名、形象与肖像权付款,即学生运动员经由代言、社交媒体、公开露面等途径变现所获之款项,已致使橄榄球队出现3000万美元的薪资总额。

A report released by Cantwell earlier this year revealed that, among 53 schools in the Power Four conferences whose data is publicly accessible, institutional and government funding for athletic programs increased by $519.9 million between 2015 and 2025.

坎特韦尔于今年早些时候发布的一份报告披露,在“权力四”联盟内53所数据可公开获取的学校中,2015年至2025年间,机构及政府对体育项目的资助增幅达5.199亿美元。

The bill would cap the revenue that universities may share with their players, establish an additional retention fund for schools to keep existing players, and permit conferences to opt out of centralized television media rightsa move that could generate greater revenue.

该法案将限制大学可与其球员分享的收入,为学校增设一个留人资金池以挽留现有球员并允许各联盟自行选择集中电视媒体版权此举或可带来更多收入

The bill would also restrict player transfers in order to curb the transfer portal, which has driven players to switch teams incessantly.

该法案还将限制球员转学以遏制导致球员不断换队转学门户

It would also enshrine into law the NCAA's new rule permitting players up to five years of eligibility, impose limits on agent commissions, and grant the NCAA a limited antitrust exemption.

它亦将把NCAA准许球员享有最多五年参赛资格的新规纳入法律,对经纪人佣金加以限制,并赋予NCAA有限的反垄断豁免。

Proponents point out that guardrails on lavish spending would help free up money for smaller sports, including many women's and Olympic programs that rank at the bottom of schools' priority lists.

支持者指出针对大额支出所设置的护栏机制将有助于为规模较小的体育项目腾挪出资金其中涵盖诸多在学校优先级排序中位居末席的女子项目与奥林匹克项目

The measure would also introduce new requirements allowing student-athletes to retain their scholarships and receive longer-term health care coverage.

该举措还将推行新的要求准许学生运动员保留其奖学金并获得更为长期的医疗保健保障

"Today we are able to recognize these rights, enshrine them as sacred, and ensure that these athletes are forever protected," Cantwell said.

“我们今日得以承认这些权利,将其奉为神圣,并确保这些运动员永蒙庇护,”坎特韦尔如是说。

On Friday, senators were still engaged in last-minute revisions to the bill, setting about adjusting a provisionone stipulating that waiting periods must be shortened should schools intend to switch conferencesand adding language to clarify that the bill would not override existing laws concerning transgender girls and women in sports.

参议员们周五仍在就该法案进行最后关头的修订着手调整一项条款——该条款规定若学校有意更换所属联盟则须缩短等待时间——并增添措辞以澄清该法案不会凌驾于现行涉及体育领域中跨性别女孩和女性其他法律之上。

The bill still has no shortage of critics.

该法案依然不乏批评者

Labor and civil rights organizations have voiced their opposition, and all four Black Democrats in the SenateCory Booker, Raphael Warnock, Lisa Blunt Rochester, and Angela Alsobrookscast their votes against the bill without exception.

劳工民权组织均表示反对,而参议院中全部四名黑人民主党人——科里·布克拉斐尔·沃诺克丽莎·布朗特·罗切斯特以及安吉拉·阿尔斯布鲁克斯——无一例外地对这项法案投下了反对票

Booker pointed out that the bill still vests excessive power in the NCAA while providing no mechanism whatsoever for holding players accountable.

布克指出,该法案依旧将过多权力授予NCAA,而对球员的问责机制却付诸阙如。

"For far too long, the NCAA has turned a deaf ear to exploited college athletes' demands for justice," he remarked.

“NCAA长期以来始终罔顾被剥削的大学运动员对正义的诉求,”他如是说。

Yet many of his Democratic colleagues, by contrast, have embraced it, asserting that the status quo has become untenable.

然而,其众多民主党同僚却对此表示拥护,断言现状已然难以为继。

"College sports are a uniquely American institution and part of our culture," said Chris Coons, a Democrat from Delaware.

大学体育一种独具美国特色之事物是我们文化的一部分,”特拉华州民主党人克里斯·库恩斯如是说

He went on to say that the passage of this legislation ought to give Americans "some hope that at least we can stabilize college sports.

他继而表示该立法的通过理应赋予美国人一些希望至少我们能够稳定大学体育

Progress on this issue is long overdue."

在这个问题上取得进展早就应该发生了。”

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