WASHINGTON — A massive bill seeking to regulate how the NCAA compensates student-athletes and standardize rules on name, image and likeness contracts has hit a roadblock in Congress — and may be punted until next year as details are ironed out.
The House was set to vote on the Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements, or SCORE Act, earlier this week, but the bill was scrapped from the lineup just hours before it was scheduled for a vote. The legislation was punted due to growing opposition within rank-and-file Republicans who argued there are still unanswered questions about how the regulations would be implemented.
“There were a few members that had some questions and wanted to know more about the bill,” Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., told reporters

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