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Lori Trahan: “This bill would shield [the NCAA and athletic conferences]…”

Featuring: Lori Trahan, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 3rd Congressional District

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Rep. Trahan Testifies Against the SCORE Act 12.1.2025

Published | Video Starts at 00:55

And the SCORE act grants that power at the expense of the very athletes who make college sports possible. Even more concerning, when those organizations abuse that power and history shows that they will, This bill would shield [the NCAA and athletic conferences] entirely from antitrust liability and state laws. The SCORE act had minimal enforcement before, and with its most recent edits, even the pathway for state attorneys general to enforce the law will depend on athletes exhausting an NCAA built dispute resolution process. (00:55–01:02)

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Asserts that the SCORE act provides antitrust and state law immunity to the NCAA and athletic conferences.

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