# 119-s-2932: Student Athlete Fairness and Enforcement Act 119-s-2932, Student Athlete Fairness and Enforcement Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] (D-WA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2932 - As of: 2026-09-10 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-s-2932 - Congress: 119 - Title: Student Athlete Fairness and Enforcement Act - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2025-09-29 - Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] (D-WA) - Cosponsors: 2 - Policy area: Sports and Recreation - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-09-10 ## Summary **student athletes' right to earn from their name, image, and likeness (NIL)**. This bill would set nationwide rules letting college athletes sign endorsement deals, hire agents, transfer with protected eligibility, and get stronger health and scholarship protections. - Student athletes: Would bar schools and conferences from restricting athletes' ability to market their NIL, obtain agents, or lose scholarships solely for signing compliant endorsements. It would allow up to two transfers without losing eligibility and protect athletes who enter professional drafts from punishment. - Institutions and teams: Would require yearly public reports on program revenues, athlete hours, academic outcomes, and endorsement counts. It would create a centrally governed media-rights committee with an expanded antitrust exemption and permit a single jersey patch program if proceeds fund all sports and preserve non-revenue and women’s roster spots and scholarships. - Agents, NIL collectives, and enforcement: Would cap agent fees at 5 percent and require state registration, force NIL collectives to report deals and keep contract terms private without athlete consent, and authorize Federal Trade Commission oversight, state enforcement, private lawsuits with damages and attorneys’ fees, and strong whistleblower remedies. ## Cosponsors (2) - Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-09-29T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-09-29T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Health, safety, and medical coverage rules: benefit, high. If enacted, Division I schools (or their association) would have to pay all out‑of‑pocket medical costs while you play and for five years after your last college competition. Schools must pay for second medical opinions and provide catastrophic coverage for medical costs over $90,000. Each school w… - Scholarship, transfer, and academic rights: benefit, high. If enacted, schools would generally not be allowed to reduce or end a student athlete's grant‑in‑aid except for narrow reasons: failing team rules, breaking the code of conduct that applies to all students, academic ineligibility, or transferring. Schools would have to give written notice and could… - Work authorization for international athletes: benefit, medium. If enacted, the F student visa rules would be changed so an international student athlete who intends to sign a paid NIL agreement could qualify for limited work authorization for those NIL activities. The authorization would be limited to activities in the commercial NIL agreement. - Ombuds, literacy, advocate lists, and protections: benefit, medium. If enacted, each athletic association would have an Office of the Athlete Ombuds to give free, confidential advice and help resolve disputes. Schools could offer financial and contract literacy programs that may not include marketing. Each school must give a yearly list of independent advocate grou… - Student athlete NIL and agent rules: benefit, medium. If enacted, student athletes would be allowed to earn money for their name, image, and likeness (NIL) without school bans so long as the deal follows the bill. The bill would let schools or collectives pay NIL deals and would require written endorsement contracts that state fees, parties, and terms… - School financial and endorsement transparency: benefit, medium. If enacted, each college with varsity sports would have to report revenues, spending, donations, and staff pay by sport within 60 days after the school year ends. Reports must show hours athletes spend on sports, academic outcomes by sport, and counts and values of endorsement contracts for men's a… - Federal and state enforcement, preemption, oversight: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would limit States from making laws that conflict with certain school rules on NIL pay, extra benefits, transfers, or agent fee caps, while preserving State rules on alcohol, tobacco, gambling ads and other consumer/trademark laws. The FTC would be able to enforce major parts o… - College media rights and broadcast rules: mixed, medium. If enacted, the NCAA would have a new media rights committee to market and sell collective media rights and to give each member school more media revenue than it got in 2024–2025. The bill would expand an antitrust exemption for certain college groups but require at least one non‑exclusive local br… ## Related bills - 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026 - 119-s-524: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 - 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026 - 119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act - 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act - 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026 ## Sources - [119-s-2932 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2932) ## Related - [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066) - [119-s-524: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-524) - [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923) - [119-s-3869: Healthy Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3869) - [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51) - [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2932 (as of 2026-09-10).