The Protect College Sports Act and the Agent
How S. 4668 would regulate you, what it lets you charge, how it rewrites SPARTA, and what it does to the business of representing college athletes
The Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act 77 to 22 on September 28, 2026, and it now needs the House. If it becomes law, three things change for every agency the day it is signed, with no grandfathering and no phase-in: the maximum fee on every NIL deal, including school revenue share, drops to five percent; SPARTA gains new prohibitions, federal registration, mandatory contract terms, and a private right of action; and the NCAA runs a registry of certified agents with the power to fine and decertify. This guide walks through the bill section by section and what to do now.
“The agency with clean, compliant paper gains a real advantage.”
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What's Inside
31 Pages. 9 Sections. Plain Language.
- 1Where the bill stands: the vote, the House calendar, and the signing-day effective date
- 2The five percent cap: it reaches every NIL deal, including revenue share
- 3SPARTA stops being a paper tiger: five new prohibitions, five enforcers, and a private right of action
- 4Registration becomes federal, and state registration does not go away
- 5The NCAA becomes your licensing board: the registry, certification, and decertification
- 6The deals you negotiate must meet federal minimums, or the athlete can walk away
- 7Your business model changes in six ways: the cap, the term limit, and the enforcement scheme
- 8What the bill leaves open, and the one question that could rewrite everything
- 9What to do now: none of it requires waiting for the House
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