{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hickenlooper.senate.gov/press_releases/hickenlooper-applauds-passage-of-protect-college-sports-act/", "Hickenlooper Applauds Passage of Protect College Sports Act", "2026-09-29", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "Senate", "CO", "John W. Hickenlooper", "H000273", "www.hickenlooper.senate.gov", "hickenlooper", "https://www.hickenlooper.senate.gov/press/page/", "scraper", "Bill includes Hickenlooper provisions to protect Olympic and non-revenue generating sports\n\nWASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper welcomed the Senate passage of the Protect College Sports Act, which includes a Hickenlooper negotiated compromise requiring schools that participate in the bill\u2019s new collective media rights framework to protect Olympic and non-revenue sports.\n\nThe bill also locks in roster and scholarship minimums to prevent the quiet cutting of sports that has accelerated in recent years as college athletics has become an increasingly commercial enterprise. Over the last two years, we\u2019ve seen non-revenue sports get cut, including 415 college teams and 41 Olympic sports programs, affecting at least 1,000 student-athletes across the country.\n\n\u201cCollege athletes have won new rights and a bigger voice, and they deserve both. But the rules changed fast, and the sports that don\u2019t make money were left wondering whether they had a future,\u201d said Hickenlooper. \u201cThis bill gives Olympic and non-revenue sports the stability to keep going, and it lets Colorado\u2019s universities plan and invest in athletes across every sport, not just the ones on television. It\u2019s a compromise. Nobody got everything they wanted. But it\u2019s a real answer, and that beats the uncertainty we have now.\u201d\n\nColorado is home to Olympic City USA, Colorado Springs, where there is the Olympic and Paralympic Training Center, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum, and over 20 National Olympic governing bodies.\n\nEarlier this summer, Hickenlooper\u2019s staff worked to ensure the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee\u2019s interests were protected in the bill.\n\nRead the Committee\u2019s full endorsement letter HERE.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-30T10:57:52Z", "2026-09-30T10:59:04Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hickenlooper.senate.gov/press_releases/hickenlooper-applauds-passage-of-protect-college-sports-act/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7851227894425392, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}