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Sen. Maria Cantwell warns the SCORE Act could create a "Power 2" system, disadvantaging smaller schools.
The bill offers NCAA antitrust exemptions and impacts athlete rights, with a House vote expected next month.
Cantwell argues the act would deepen inequities and financial instability among college sports conferences.
A Democratic U.S. lawmaker sent a letter to leaders at the more than 350 Division I schools across the country Monday, warning of a two-tier college sports system with haves and have-nots if a proposed bill to regulate the industry passes without changes.
In the letter, Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington, the ranking member of a committee that oversees college sports, says the SCORE Act would "incentivize a Power 2 conference system that will create inequiti