Democrats want to limit salaries for college head coaches.

Democrats want to limit salaries for college head coaches. Over the past several months, federal lawmakers have been deliberating on the Protect College Sports Act, which seeks to add some regulation to college athletics after the sweeping changes that have been brought to collegiate athletics with the transfer portal and NIL.

So far, most of that legislation has been focused on the players, but… It's no secret that the top head coaches in college football are paid massive annual salaries, with about a dozen coaches throughout the sport making more than $10 million annually.

Now, Democratic lawmakers are looking to limit those salaries. The Protect College Sports Act is a bipartisan federal bill introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senators Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell to establish a uniform national framework for collegiate athletics.

The legislation seeks to regulate the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) compensation for athletes, standardize transfer and eligibility rules, and provide targeted antitrust exemptions for governing bodies. While proponents of the bill believe it would add some much-needed stability and regulation to the sport after several high-profile changes over the past few years, critics argue that the legislation protects the financial interests of universities and the NCAA rather than the actual rights, safety, and compensation of student-athletes.