Trump to attend Texas-Tennessee matchup while urging passage of college sports bill
Donald Trump will be at the Texas vs. Tennessee football game in Knoxville and is using the appearance to press lawmakers to approve the Protect College Sports Act.
Donald Trump is scheduled to attend the Texas-Tennessee college football game at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville this weekend. The White House confirmed the plan after Clay Travis disclosed the scoop, noting that major media failed to credit him. Trump’s presence coincides with his campaign to push the Senate to vote on the Protect College Sports Act, a bipartisan proposal that would create a national framework for name, image, likeness agreements and transfer regulations in college athletics.
The bill is slated for a floor vote soon, and Trump has urged senators to act before the chamber’s month-long August recess. Senator Ted Cruz, a co-author of the legislation, previously discussed the bill on a journalist at one outlet. The game, featuring the Texas Longhorns and Tennessee Volunteers, is sold out and will be covered by one outlet’s pre-game broadcast.
Why it matters
Trump’s attendance highlights the political push behind a bill that could reshape college athletes' compensation and transfer rules.
How this story developed
- Sep 2 Betting odds plunge as McConnell's 80-day absence continues
- Sep 9 During the Senate recess, crypto advocates and banking groups have launched a grassroots lobbying push in senators' districts to influence the upcoming procedural vote on the Clarity Act.
- Sep 13 Kalshi’s resignation odds fell to six percent on Aug. 25.
- Sep 14 McConnell took the Senate floor on Monday after weeks of recovery.
- Sep 15 The Senate set dates for a procedural vote on the Clarity Act and a test vote on the college‑sports reform bill.
- Sep 16 The Protect College Sports Act remains pending in Congress.
- Sep 20 McConnell’s affirmative vote moved the farm bill forward by breaking a partisan deadlock.
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