This is one of those episodes where we get to hit college sports from two completely different angles.
First, Laura Rutledge joins Show Pony Live.
Laura has become one of the most recognizable faces in sports television through her work with ESPN, NFL Live and SEC Nation, and we get into the college football season, the biggest stories around the sport and what she is seeing as we move deeper into the fall.
Then we turn from what is happening on the field to a fight that could dramatically change what happens off it.
Former Congressman Mark Walker joins me to discuss the Protect College Sports Act and where college athletics goes from here.
The timing couldn’t be better. The legislation just passed the U.S. Senate 77–22 and would establish a federal framework covering major issues including NIL, revenue sharing, athlete protections and the structure of college athletics. It now moves to the House. (Reuters)
Walker has a unique perspective on this entire debate. Years before NIL became the defining issue it is today, he introduced federal legislation dealing with college athletes’ ability to profit from their name, image and likeness.
So what does this new legislation actually mean?
What does it get right?
What are the concerns?
And are we finally getting closer to a sustainable model for college sports?
We get into all of it.
Two conversations. Two very different perspectives. One sport undergoing enormous change.
This is Show Pony Live.
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