No easy answers for senators grappling with college sports pay

By: Shauneen Miranda

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: March 10, 2026

Words: 677

Last Updated: 4 months, 4 weeks ago

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WASHINGTON — A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday added to the fierce debate over compensation for student-athletes, with senators and experts agreeing the current system wasn’t working but with different ideas for a path forward.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican and chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, hosted a roundtable of experts, leaders and former college and professional athletes to discuss “fixing college sports.”

Cassidy said the “current system is actually …

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