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Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports reports that U.S. senators Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell have agreed on a bipartisan college sports bill called the Protect College Sports Act.

The bill would bar coaches from leaving their teams before the season ends, a move dubbed the "Lane Kiffin" rule.

Here's what the bill includes:

-One-time transfer policy
-Establishes a five-year eligibility length
-A compensation cap, similar to the NFL's salary cap.
-Optional pooling of TV rights
-Prohibits "Super League"
-The "Lane Kiffin" rule
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The act also:

-Makes it illegal for coaches to leave their teams before the season concludes and schools cannot hire coaches before a season concludes — something those on Capitol Hill refer to the “Lane Kiffin Rule,”
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JOJO Hammer14 hours
I’m glad they solved the rest of the world’s problems. Now they can get involved in sports. Yayyy Government.
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TouchdownTony12 hours
They got involved with sports with all these BS rulings they've made. They've been involved in sports since Ed O'Bannon. The govt started all this, they need to finish it.
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The government has been involved in sports since President Teddy Roosevelt threaten to ban football in 1905, unless rules were made to stop the game violence.
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Easye9212 hours
Well the NCAA and the colleges have basically turned this shite into the wild West, so I'm all for Congress setting some rules. The main thing is the portal. It personally think it needs to go back to the way it was originally, but this would be ok too. One free transfer and then you have to sit out a year would be better than nothing.
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LSU Tiger Eyes13 hours
"Makes it illegal for coaches to leave their teams before the season concludes and schools cannot hire coaches before a season concludes." So my question is, if coaches can’t leave a school before the season ends, shouldn’t schools also be unable to fire coaches before the season ends?
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TigerGrad0313 hours
Fix the calendar. The whole reason this past year happened the way it did was because of early signing day and the portal opening.

It does them no good to fix symptoms and not the problem.
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DustInTheWind13 hours
Amazing that this is the “Lane Kiffin Rule” when he begged to stay on the team until the year was over.
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RightWingTiger12 hours
I didn’t realize Lane Kiffen was the very first CFB Head Coach to leave his team before the end of the season. In fact I believe there were 3-4 Head Coaches LAST YEAR, very same year that CLK left for LSU that did the exact same thing???
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drizztiger14 hours
Just what we need, more legislation.
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LSUMJ13 hours
The law should then also say politicians cant leave one role for another before their term is up
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LSU Bayou Jim11 hours
First, the answer to any problem is NEVER more government involvement. Second, in a free nation how do you tell someone you cannot leave a job you no longer want? Isn't that indentured servitude?
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mule7412 hours
College athletics is broken and needs to be fixed, but it’s about 937th on the list of things that I think Congress needs to deal with.
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Stay out of CFB.
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Borntoboogy12 hours
Writing is already on the wall for a Super Conference.
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IM_4_LSU13 hours
Putting legislation in sports regardless of your political view is not the answer. This just continues to water down the sport.
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TigerLord20206 hours
Stay away
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cajunmud8 hours
Term limits for tax-feeding parasites ought to be next.
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PotatoChip13 hours
Government involvement in college sports should not be a thing. No matter if you agree or disagree with rules they try to put in place, there is no place in sports for federal legislation. We have enough problems in this country they need to focus on.
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TouchdownTony12 hours
Govt created the problems we have in sports now. No, they need to be totally involved and fix what they won't let the NCAA fix.
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Typical pandering politicians meddling in affairs they probably have no idea about. Some of this is not that bad but it some of it also goes to show they're clueless as to the actual problems. Like I said, pandering politicians.
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Easye9213 hours
I'm all for it, but they would have to push the portal dates back if you cant hire a coach until the season is over.
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eugene1928LSU4 hours
I like it, especially the cap compensation rule, long time coming on that.
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Gene Heinous5 hours
why is there an American flag flying in that picture about communist senators trying to communize america?
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DVinBR5 hours
But sir, people are out there struggling to feed their families
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