On April 10, 2026, the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) submitted the following responses to the U.S. Senate’s Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee’s request for information on the changing rules of governance in college sports and potential pathways for Congressional intervention. Our responses outline the challenges students currently face in a lopsided labor market where they lack federal labor protections, why attempting to offset federal student aid restrictions based on potential name, image, and likeness earnings is flawed and specifically disadvantages Black male students, and why the ability to collectively bargain must be linked with employment status instead of attempting to segregate those rights, amongst other responses.

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