NCAA Power Four commissioners say they 'need help from Congress' to regulate NIL, transfer portal

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Name, image and likeness continues to ravage college sports, and the commissioners of the NCAA's Power Four conferences are desperate.

Greg Sankey, Jim Phillips, Tony Petitti and Brett Yormark have all been on Capitol Hill to discuss with Congress how it can help regulate NIL and the transfer portal, the latter of which continues to be a hit among college athletes looking to score more money.

More than 1,000 Division I college basketball players have entered the portal since it opened March 24.

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An NCAA logo on the field before a game between the South Dakota State Jackrabbits and the North Dakota State Bison in the Division I FCS football championship at Toyota Stadium Jan. 8, 2023, in Frisco, Texas. (C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

One player even said he was entering the portal just 13 minutes after his team lost in March Madness.

It's becoming clear the situation is getting out of control, and Yormark, the Big 12 commissioner, bluntly admitted to Bret Baier on "Special Report" Thursday, "We need help from Congress."

"From where I sit today, federal preemption, having a standardized platform that oversees and governs NIL is critically important," Yormark said. "Today, 34 states see it very differently, and it’s relatively unruly."

"The volume of laws that are being passed on a state level are making it really difficult for us to regulate and compete nationally," added Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti. Every single time someone doesn’t like a ruling, or something comes from the NCAA, we end up in litigation. Those rules then get aggregated, and we’re back to the