CLEMSON — Not sure if this is good, bad or indifferent, but the SEC and Big Ten are doing all they can to influence the Protect College Sports Act (PCSA).

As you know the PCSA was passed by the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation last month with a 19-9 vote last month. The Big Ten and SEC have strongly opposed the bill, which could go to a vote on the Senate Floor by the end of July.

On Thursday, college athletics’ two biggest conferences “socialized” with their members and Congressional staff a list of 10 legislative recommendations to the Protect College Sports Act, according to Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports.

“Greg Sankey spent two days in Washington D.C. last week meeting with lawmakers and staff members,” Dellenger wrote on X. “He did not meet with Sens. Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell, the authors of the bill, but he has met with them plenty in the past and conversations with them are expected to continue.”

The list of revisions that the SEC and Big Ten sent to the Congressional staff ask that the bill reflect language that assures the pooling of FBS TV rights is voluntary and that football scheduling is still left to the schools.

According to Dellenger, “This targets a scheduling requirement in the bill meant to reignite traditional football rivalries.”

The two leagues want the legislation to apply immediately to existing lawsuits, such as pending eligibility cases, which most have come since the NCAA announced its new 5-in-5 rule at the end of last month.

It was also mentioned that the two conferences want to “Make NIL Transparent” and suggest a database that houses all school athlete compensation spending. They want the data accessible to “sharing from institutions to institutions.”

They also want to create one national standard for NIL, recruiting, transfers and eligibility. They ask that language be removed requiring state law to both conflict with and prevent compliance before federal law applies. Only “conflict with” standard should remain.

The revisions also ask the Congressional staff to consider eliminating possible loopholes with NIL payments. They pointed out that if the law regulates one type of payment but ignores another, people will shift money into the unregulated category, thereby making the rules meaningless.

The SEC and Big Ten also ask to require schools to sponsor a broad range of sports. Also give the schools the flexibility to manage scholarships and rosters sizes in a way that fits today’s financial realities and remains consistent with the House Settlement.

The ACC, Big 12, Notre Dame and other FBS conferences have already given their support for the bill.