What Protect College Sports Act Means For USD

This draws heavily on two interviews with University of South Dakota Athletic Director Jon Schemmel, his conversation with John Thayer on YoteCast, and his June 2025 appearance on Sioux Falls Live’s “Happy Hour” with John Gaskins. My legal analysis is based on the amended version of the Protect College Sports Act w/ Big 10 and SEC amendments and my limited antitrust knowledge from law school. The Protect College Sports Act is no longer merely another proposal collecting dust in Congress and a source of anger in my Twitter Drafts. Senate Majority Leader and fellow Coyote grad John Thune has filed cloture…