Burgess Everett(@burgessev):News: College sports is Trump's latest legislative obsession. He's dialing up senators and he's asking Nick Saban to whip undecided senators on the Cruz/Cantwell Protect College Sports Act “This is a priority for him, and not everything that we do up there is of paramount importance,” Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., told Semafor of Trump. “He’s a sports guy … some politicians feign interest in ‘sportsball,’ that’s not him." Would be one of Trump's biggest bipartisan achievements as POTUS -- and normal people are actually paying attention to it @ShelbyTalcott

2026.08.11 19:30

News: College sports is Trump's latest legislative obsession. He's dialing up senators and he's asking Nick Saban to whip undecided senators on the Cruz/Cantwell Protect College Sports Act “This is a priority for him, and not everything that we do up there is of paramount importance,” Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., told Semafor of Trump. “He’s a sports guy … some politicians feign interest in ‘sportsball,’ that’s not him." Would be one of Trump's biggest bipartisan achievements as POTUS -- and normal people are actually paying attention to it @ShelbyTalcott