The House could pass the SCORE Act. What is it, and how could it change college sports?

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- After decades of fighting compensation for college athletes, and years of courtroom losses, the NCAA and its most powerful conferences may be on the verge of winning something they’ve never had: federal law on their side.

Next week, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on the SCORE Act, short for Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements. Backed by college sports’ most powerful institutions and opposed by some advocates for athletes and smaller schools, the bill would codify into law what has already become reality in college athletics — and go a few steps further.

At its core, the SCORE Act writes into federal law the terms of the House v. NCAA antitrust settlement, which was recently approved by a federal court.