# 119-s-5561: Protect America's Game Act

119-s-5561, Protect America's Game Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT); status introduced (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-5561
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protect America's Game Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-09-24
- Sponsor: Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Sports and Recreation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-16

## Summary

**Creates an antitrust exemption allowing colleges and conferences to jointly sell TV rights for their games.** It would let those institutions form an entity to sell or transfer telecasting rights while keeping a protected broadcast window around the Army–Navy game. - Colleges and conferences: Would let institutions of higher education or their conferences form a single entity to jointly sell or transfer telecast rights and receive an antitrust exemption. The exemption only applies when agreements do not overlap the Army–Navy broadcast window. - Broadcasters and rights buyers: Gives legal clarity to third parties who buy packaged rights from multiple schools by protecting those joint-rights arrangements from antitrust challenge. - Army–Navy fans and tradition: Defines the protected window as 1 hour before kickoff to 30 minutes after the telecast ends on the second Saturday in December and removes the exemption for any postseason Football Bowl Subdivision contest that would air during that window.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] (R-AK), 2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Antitrust exemption for college broadcasts: mixed, low. This bill would let qualifying colleges and their conferences jointly form an entity to sell or transfer sponsored telecasting rights without federal antitrust exposure. The exemption would apply only to joint agreements among institutions of higher education or conferences made up of those institu…

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- 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-524: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
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## Sources
- [119-s-5561 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5561)

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- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-524: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-524)
- [119-s-1462: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1462)
- [119-s-2142: GOLDEN DOME Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2142)
- [119-s-306: Fire Ready Nation Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-306)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5561 (as of 2026-10-16).