US EditionEmployment Status at Issue as US Senate Panel Tackles Knotty College Sports Landscape
The Senate panel discussed athlete employee classification amid a $2.8 billion antitrust settlement and ongoing debates over compensation and protections in college sports.
- Mikayla Pivec testified that she worked over 50 hours weekly as a college basketball player but earned less than $8 an hour from a $1,600 monthly stipend, criticizing the NCAA for failing to protect athletes.
- The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions held a hearing discussing issues in college sports including gender inequity in NIL deals, inconsistent state NIL laws, and controversies over the NCAA transfer portal.
- A bipartisan House bill aims to establish a national framework for college athlete compensation, prohibits classifying athletes as employees, and grants broad antitrust immunity to the NCAA and conferences.
- Senators debated whether college athletes should be considered employees, expressing concerns about potential sports cuts, undervaluation of education and certain sports, and opposition to congressional micromanagement of athlete compensation.
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Louisiana GOP U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, speaks during a panel hearing March 26, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Screenshot from committee webcast)WASHINGTON — Mikayla Pivec said she worked more than 50 hours per week as a women’s college basketball player, but earned less than $8 an hour from a $1,600 monthly stipend. The professional basketball player and former star at Oregon Sta…
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Employment status at issue as US Senate panel tackles knotty college sports landscape
Louisiana GOP U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, speaks during a panel hearing March 26, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Screenshot from committee webcast)WASHINGTON — Mikayla Pivec said she worked more than 50 hours per week as a women’s college basketball player, but earned less than $8 an hour from a $1,600 monthly stipend. The professional basketball player and former star at Oregon Sta…
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