This Bill Is Sitting in Committee While Athletes Are Sitting on Medical Bills

"Awaiting committee consideration." That's the status. That's where we are in 2025. Let me translate that for you: while a linebacker at a Power Four school is negotiating who owns his likeness, while a gymnast is one torn ACL away from losing her scholarship, while collectives are operating with zero transparency and agents are taking whatever slice they want — this bill is *waiting*. The SAFE Act isn't perfect. A 5% agent fee cap is worth debating. Revenue-sharing details matter. But the health and safety protections, the scholarship protections, the medical coverage provisions? Those aren't controversial. Those are baseline human decency for kids who are generating billions. The athlete who blew out his knee in 2019 and got cut loose? He's not waiting on a committee. He already got his answer. The freshman wide receiver right now at Ohio State or UConn — his answer is being written in real time by people who will never put on pads. "Awaiting committee consideration" is a choice. Inaction is a policy. So here's the question: which Senator on that committee is blocking this, and who is funding their campaign?