GOP rep rips Big Ten commish after SCORE Act vote gets delayed

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Rep. Michael Baumgartner, R-Wash., ripped Big Ten Conference Commissioner Tony Petitti on Wednesday after a vote on the SCORE Act in the House of Representatives was delayed.

The Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements (SCORE) Act is federal lawmakers’ attempt to regulate name, image and likeness deals in collegiate athletics. The bill passed a procedural vote to bring it to the House floor but the final vote was canceled two hours before it was set to take place.

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Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti speaks during an NCAA college football news conference at Lucas Oil Stadium, July 23, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Baumgartner is one of the Republicans in the House who is not on board with the SCORE Act. He wrote on X that the bill doesn’t treat athletes across all sports equally, doesn’t ban private equity from entering college sports, doesn’t cap coaching salaries, doesn’t fix the wild west of NIL and the transfer portal, doesn’t end widespread realignment nor does it put the proper people in charge to make decisions that would affect the landscape of college sports as a whole.

"If the Commissioner of the Big 10 would spend LESS money trying to buy votes w DC lobbyists and make MORE of an effort to STOP being a bullying jacka--, then Congress could get on with passing some reasonable legislation to fix college sports," he added.

He agreed with Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, that the bill "isn’t ready for prime time."

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