Legal Expert Calls out the Protect College Sports Act

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Attorney Paul L. McDonald explains how the Protect College Sports bill will be detrimental to Black athletes who are the economic engine of the NCAA.

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Noted attorney Paul L. McDonald is calling out the potentially devastating impact of the Protect College Sports Act. A high-stakes double-edged sword, the legislation could leave Black student-athletes holding the short end of collegiate sports’ economic stick in a multi-billion-dollar college sports economy.

McDonald—co-counsel in the landmark Johnson v. NCAA case—breaks down the legislation’s looming financial impact on Black players, its effect on HBCUs, and why Senate Democrats chose not to block its passage.

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