How election impacts future of college sports, NCAA

As votes were counted on Tuesday night, the future of college sports played out. The 2024 election, both presidential and congressional, will impact multiple college athletics issues.

As part of the House v. NCAA settlement agreement, the NCAA hopes to establish a new enforcement entity with court backing to limit the role of collectives. Even though the settlement lays out the framework for an NIL arbiter, Congress will need to step in. State laws will continue to supersede the settlement without lawmakers’ help.

NCAA president Charlie Baker, the former Massachusetts governor, has repeatedly made trips to Washington, D.C., since June 2022 to lobby lawmakers. Over 10 bills have been floated but none have moved forward.