The Protect College Sports Act passed the U.S. Senate on Sept. 28, and is now awaiting consideration in the House of Representatives.

The Senate overwhelmingly voted to pass the Protect College Sports Act, with a bipartisan 77–22 vote. For the bill to get formal approval, it will now have to pass through the House of Representatives.

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney was asked for some thoughts on the Protect College Sports Act at the end of his weekly radio show Monday night.

Swinney says the “biggest thing” he wants for college athletics is clear rules — and enforcement of those rules.

“First of all, I think the biggest thing is, we need some type of rules. We have none. We don’t have any rules. And whatever rules we do have, they can’t be enforced,” Swinney said.

“So, there’s parts of [the Protect College Sports Act] that I like, parts of it I don’t like, but it’s bipartisan. … I do think that’s a positive that you’ve got a real bipartisan group of people that have come together to try to create a little bit of some order. So, who knows. … But hopefully there will be a bunch of people that can come together at some point and create a little bit different type of situation where we actually have some rules. Because we definitely need that.”

The Protect College Sports Act is the first bill devoted entirely to collegiate athletics to pass through a Congress Floor. The PCSA is a bipartisan federal bill introduced in the U.S. Senate to create a uniform national legal framework for collegiate athletics, stabilize name, image, and likeness (NIL) rules, and address transfer portal and antitrust challenges following major court settlements.

Should the bill pass through the House and get signed into law, it will become a game changer for Clemson Athletics. Here is a link to a story The Clemson Insider wrote back on July 19 on why this is game changer for Clemson.

–Will Vandervort contributed to this story