Webinar 59: THE SENATE HAD ACTED. NOW IT’S THE HOUSE’S TURN.

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Webinar 59: THE SENATE HAD ACTED. NOW IT’S THE HOUSE’S TURN.

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“The Senate has Acted. Now It’s the House’s Turn.”

Join us Thursday, November 12, for:
The Protect College Sports Act: The House Decides
đź“… Thursday, November 12, 2026
⏰ 2:00–3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
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The Protect College Sports Act: Will the House Follow the Senate’s Lead?

The Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act (S.4668) by a 77–22 vote. With Congress back in Washington after the midterm elections, attention turns to the House, where the bill’s path is far less certain.

Supporters, including a bipartisan group of senators, the NCAA, and the White House, are pressing for quick action. Skeptics in both parties have raised concerns about cost, federal involvement, and athlete rights. The House also has a history here: its own SCORE Act never reached a floor vote.

Our panel will cover:

  • Where the bill stands in the House and what the post-election calendar looks like
    · Who is pushing for passage, and who is pushing back
    · What the midterm results mean for the bill’s prospects
    · Athlete compensation, NIL, and revenue-sharing limits
    · Antitrust protections and the future of college sports litigation
    · Eligibility, transfer rules, and governance
    · Athlete health, safety, and labor protections
    · Title IX and women’s sports programs
    · What happens if the House amends the bill or lets it stall

The Senate vote settled one question and opened several more. Now let’s talk about what the House will do.

Join The Drake Group Education Fund for this timely discussion, brought to you by Christine Brown & Partners.

MODERATOR

MATT BROWN, Publisher, Extra Points. Extra Points is a newsletter covering business, policy, and off-the-field issues in college athletics. Brown has covered NIL, athlete labor movements, college athletics legislation, NCAA governance, and other related issues for several years. Brown also created ‘Athletic Director Simulator 4000″, a simulation computer game used by thousands of college students to help demonstrate what running a D-I athletic department is really like. Prior to starting Extra Points, Brown ran college team site programming at SB Nation, and is the author of “What If? A Closer Look at College Football’s Great Questions.” Brown lives in Chicago.

PANELISTS

PAMELA GILBERT. Gilbert has been a named partner in Cuneo Gilbert Flannery & LaDuca, and its predecessor firms, since 2003. Ms. Gilbert has over 40 years of experience in consumer and antitrust advocacy in Washington, DC. She testified over 50 times and made dozens of appearances in the media. She served as the leader of President Obama’s transition team for the Consumer Product Safety Commission. She is currently Chair of the Board of the American Antitrust Institute and a Board Member of the National Consumers League. Ms. Gilbert served as Executive Director of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission under President Clinton. She started out her career in leadership roles at the U.S. Public Interest Research Group and Public Citizen. Ms. Gilbert received the 2019 Public Interest Network’s Alumni Achievement Award and was chosen Consumer Advocate of the Year by the Trial Lawyers’ Association of Metropolitan Washington in 1995.

SPENCER HAYWOOD. A Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer (2015), Olympic gold medalist, and one of the most consequential figures in the history of athletes’ rights. Born in Silver City, Mississippi into a family of sharecroppers and raised in Detroit, he led the 1968 U.S. Olympic team in scoring at 19, en route to gold. After one season at the University of Detroit, he turned pro and earned 1969-70 ABA Rookie of the Year and MVP honors with the Denver Rockets. He later starred for the Seattle SuperSonics, who retired his jersey in 2007; he was a four-time NBA All-Star and won a 1980 NBA title with the Lakers. Haywood’s most enduring impact came off the court: his antitrust suit, Haywood v. NBA, reached the U.S. Supreme Court and ended the league’s four-year eligibility rule, affirming athletes’ right to earn a living. He later chaired the National Basketball Retired Players Association, continuing to advocate for athletes’ interests.

SCOTT SCHNEIDER.Schneider is the founder of Schneider Education & Employment Law, advising companies and educational institutions nationwide on complex matters, particularly institutional responses to sexual misconduct. Previously, he was an equity partner at two national law firms and in-house counsel at Tulane University, where he also served as an award-winning professor and created the law school’s Title IX certification program. A prominent litigator and advisor on Title IX, labor and employment law, and institutional risk management, Scott has led high-stakes investigations and program reviews, trained thousands nationwide, and serves as an expert witness. He regularly presents to national organizations including NACUA, NAIS, and ASCA. Scott is AV Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell, listed in Best Lawyers in America© (Education Law; Labor and Employment Law), and recognized by The Legal 500.