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The university sports bill limps through the Senate, while Congress consigns other issues to the back burner.

The university sports bill limps through the Senate, while Congress consigns other issues to the back burner.

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September 18th, 2026

The university sports bill limps through the Senate, while Congress consigns other issues to the back burner.

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Throughout this year, Congress has consistently struggled to pass major legislation, with the result that debates on issues such as annual spending, national defence, cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence have been repeatedly postponed.

國會今年始終難以通過重大立法致使年度支出國防加密貨幣人工智慧議題辯論一再延宕

Yet, in the final weeks of the session, with the midterm elections looming, the Senate managed to coalesce around one mattertaking up the issue of college sports.

然而,在會期最後數週期中選舉迫在眉睫之際,參議院竟能就一事凝聚共識——著手處理大學體育問題

The Senate held two votes this week, advancing a bill aimed at comprehensively overhauling the entrenched flaws in college sports rules and financing.

參議院於本週兩度進行表決推進了旨在全面革除大學體育規則與融資積弊的法案

The move represents an effort to erect guardrails against soaring expenditures, forestall interminable legal battles, and restore order to what the bill's proponents characterize as the "chaos" engulfing college athletics.

此舉係一項努力期為急遽飆升的支出構築護欄防杜無休止的法律戰並為該法案支持者所稱的體育項目「混亂」恢復秩序。

The bill has now garnered expressions of support from more than seventy senators, yet it must still be deliberated and passed by the House of Representatives, with a final vote potentially taking place as early as next week.

該法案目前已獲逾七十名參議員表態支持,惟仍須經眾議院審議通過,最終表決最快或於下週舉行。

Nevertheless, some critics in the Senate still maintain that this matter is far from the most pressing issue currently facing Congressand they question why senators have not, before the midterm elections, focused on what they describe as more urgent problems.

儘管如此,部分參議院批評者仍表示,此事遠非國會當前最迫在眉睫之議題——並質疑參議員們何以未在期中選舉前,專注於彼等所稱更為急迫之問題。

Rick Scott, the Republican senator from Floridaan opponent of the sports billsaid Congress would be well advised to tackle the affordability issue before lawmakers leave town to hit the campaign trail.

佛羅里達州共和黨參議員里克·斯科特——一位體育法案的反對者——表示國會宜於議員們離城投入競選活動之前優先著手處理負擔能力問題

Scott noted that the college sports bill "inserts the federal government too much into college athletics" and could spawn new problems.

斯科特指出大學體育法案過度將聯邦政府插入大學體育」,恐將衍生新的問題

Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, said the Senate ought to focus its attention on other priorities, "at a time when we are mired in a catastrophic war and a mounting cost crisis."

康乃狄克州民主黨參議員克里斯·墨菲表示參議院理應凝神貫注於其他要務,「當我們正身陷一場災難性的戰爭日益嚴峻的成本危機之際」。

Murphy asserted this week that collegiate sports legislation is confronting what he characterized as "a manufactured crisis."

墨菲本週指陳大學體育立法正面臨一場假危機之議

He contended that the bill falls short with respect to systemic reform and the safeguarding of athletes.

主張該法案體制變革運動員保障層面成效未逮

Proponents of the bill assert that it will reduce university costs, furnish hundreds of thousands of student-athletes with unprecedented health and labour protections, and establish a uniform set of standards for all universities.

該法案的倡議者聲稱,其將削減大學成本,為數十萬學生運動員提供嶄新的健康與勞動保障,並為所有大學確立一套統一的規範。

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, made a solemn commitment this summer to the bill's principal sponsorsCommerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, and the subcommittee's ranking Democrat, Senator Maria Cantwell of Washingtonthat he would bring the bill to a vote in September.

參議院多數黨領袖南達科他州共和黨人約翰·圖恩於今年夏季向該法案的主要提案人——商業委員會主席德州共和黨人泰德·克魯茲以及該小組委員會的頭號民主黨人、華盛頓州參議員瑪麗亞·坎特威爾——鄭重承諾,他將於9月就該法案付諸表決

He asserted that there is "pent-up demand" to fix college sports, "and it's clearly broken."

他聲稱修復大學體育存在「被壓抑的需求」,「而且它顯然已經破敗」。

Thune remarked, "I think that, as time has gone on, it has borne out that no one else is coming to fix it."

圖恩表示:「我認為隨着時間的推移這已然印證別無他人會前來修復它。」

The legislation is designed to curb what Cantwell calls a "spending spiral"one that has already engulfed college athletics, inasmuch as name, image and likeness payments (that is, the revenue student-athletes obtain by monetizing their endorsements, social media ventures, public appearances and the like) have driven football team payrolls to the order of $30 million.

該立法旨在遏制坎特威爾所稱的「支出螺旋」——此一螺旋已然席捲大學體育界蓋因姓名、形象與肖像權付款學生運動員藉由將自身代言社交媒體經營公開露面予以貨幣化所獲取之收益)已致使橄欖球隊薪資總額攀升至3000萬美元之譜

A report released by Cantwell earlier this year revealed that, among 53 Power Four schools with publicly available data, institutional and government support for athletic programs grew by $519.9 million between 2015 and 2025.

坎特威爾於今年早前發布的一份報告揭示,在數據公開可得的53所「四大聯盟」學校中,2015年至2025年間,機構及政府對體育項目的支持增幅達5.199億美元。

The bill would cap the revenue that universities may share with their players, establish retention pools for schools to keep their existing players, and permit conferences to opt into pooling television media rights, a move that could generate additional revenue.

該法案將限制大學得與其球員分享之收入為校方增設留人池以留住現有球員並允許聯盟選擇匯集電視媒體版權此舉或可帶來更多收入

The bill would also restrict player transfers, aiming to curb the transfer portal that has led players to switch teams incessantly.

該法案亦將限制球員轉學旨在遏制導致球員不斷換隊之轉學門戶

It would also enshrine into law the NCAA's new rule permitting players a maximum of five years of eligibility, cap agent fees, and grant the NCAA limited antitrust protection.

它亦將把NCAA准許球員最多五年參賽資格之新規納入法律,限制經紀人費用,並賦予NCAA有限之反壟斷保護。

Proponents contend that guardrails on lavish spending would help free up funding for smaller sports, including women's and Olympic programs that many schools treat as a secondary priority.

支持者主張針對巨額開支所設之護欄將有助於為規模較小的體育項目騰挪經費其中涵蓋諸多學校列為次要優先事項女子及奧運項目

The move would also put into effect new rules allowing student-athletes to retain their scholarships and receive extended medical care.

此舉亦將落實新規允許學生運動員保留獎學金並獲享較長期的醫療保健

Cantwell stated: "We are able to acknowledge these rights, enshrine them as sacred today, and ensure that these athletes remain forever under their protection."

坎特威爾表示:「我們得以承認這些權利於今日將其奉為神聖並確保這些運動員永蒙庇護。」

On Friday, senators were still putting the finishing touches on the bill, adjusting a provisionone that would shorten the waiting period should a school wish to switch conferencesand adding language to clarify that the bill would not override other laws currently governing transgender girls and women in sports.

參議員們週五仍在對法案進行最終修訂調整一項條款——該條款規定若學校希望更換聯盟則可縮短等待時間——並增補措辭以澄清該法案不會推翻目前處理體育中跨性別女孩和女性其他法律

The bill continues to face a chorus of criticism.

該法案依然面臨批評聲浪

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 it.

勞工民權組織對此表達反對,而參議院四位黑人民主黨人——科里·布克拉斐爾·沃諾克麗莎·布朗特·羅切斯特安吉拉·阿爾索布魯克斯——悉數投下反對票

Booker asserted that the system still confers excessive power upon the NCAA, while accountability toward the players remains conspicuously deficient.

布克聲稱,該制度仍賦予NCAA過度權力,而對球員之問責則顯有不足。

He stated bluntly: "For a long time, the NCAA has turned a deaf ear to the pleas for justice voiced by exploited college athletes."

他直言:「NCAA長期以來對遭剝削的大學運動員所發出之正義籲求,始終置若罔聞。」

Nevertheless, many of his Democratic colleagues threw their support behind the bill, reasoning that the status quo had become untenable.

然而,其眾多民主黨同僚卻對該法案予以支持,蓋其認為當前態勢實難以為繼。

Chris Coons, a Democrat from Delaware, remarked, "College sports are a uniquely American phenomenon, an integral part of our culture."

德拉瓦州民主黨籍人士克里斯·庫恩斯表示:「大學體育一獨具美國特色之事物吾人文化之一部分。」

He further observed that the passage of this legislation ought to afford Americans "some hope that we can at least stabilize college sports.

他並指出該項立法之通過理應賦予美國人若干希冀吾人至少得以穩固大學體育

Making progress on this issue is long overdue."

於此議題上取得進展,實屬早該為之之事。」

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