Capito Wants To Protect Women’s Sports Amidst NIL Costs

Name-Image-Likeness (NIL) costs in college sports continue to increase, with some schools spending over $40 million dollars a year to promote and attract players. The Protect College Sports Act is a bipartisan attempt to put guardrails around the practice and protect Olympic and female sports, according to Republican West Virginia Senator Shelly Moore-Capito…

“Olympic and women’s sports are going to get crowded out on our college campuses. We’re already seeing certain women’s’ sports getting canceled and certain Olympic sports because, honestly, the universities and colleges cannot afford all of the teams with the high payout in men’s football, obviously, and men’s basketball.”