The Senate rejected amendment 6760, which was offered to another amendment to the Protect College Sports Act of 2026 (S. 4668). It received 42 yes votes and 54 no votes; 60 yes votes were required.
The vote was on Senate amendment 6760 to amendment 6776, which was being considered as part of the Protect College Sports Act of 2026. The bill addresses college athletes’ name, image, and likeness deals, transfers, revenue sharing, and certain joint sales of sports broadcast rights. The context does not describe what amendment 6760 itself would have changed. The amendment was rejected, so it was not added to the text under consideration. This vote did not decide whether to pass the bill itself.
The other-votes record says the Senate later passed S. 4668 by a 77-22 vote on September 28, 2026. This record does not provide a later status for the bill.
OPEN BILL →Why it matters. The vote determined whether amendment 6760 would be added to a bill proposing federal rules for college sports. Because the amendment’s specific contents are not provided, its particular policy effects cannot be described.
Who’s affected. College athletes: The underlying bill addresses NIL deals, transfers, and revenue sharing; the effect of this particular amendment on athletes is not specified. · Schools, conferences, and college sports associations: The underlying bill would set rules affecting these organizations, including rules on athlete agreements and potential joint broadcast-rights sales; the amendment’s specific effect is not provided.
Democrats. Democrats voted 31 yes and 14 no; eight listed Democratic senators from Minnesota, New Jersey, Hawaii, Delaware, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Colorado voted no against their party’s majority position.
Republicans. Republicans voted 9 yes and 40 no; four Republicans did not vote.
The Senate rejected amendment 6760, which was offered to another amendment to the Protect College Sports Act of 2026 (S.
4668). It received 42 yes votes and 54 no votes; 60 yes votes were required.
An amendment vote decides whether to add a proposed change to the text being considered; it is not a vote to pass or reject the bill. The result states that 60 yes votes were required, and the amendment received 42.
The other-votes record says the Senate later passed S. 4668 by a 77-22 vote on September 28, 2026. This record does not provide a later status for the bill.
The vote determined whether amendment 6760 would be added to a bill proposing federal rules for college sports. Because the amendment’s specific contents are not provided, its particular policy effects cannot be described.
Democrats mostly voted yes, while Republicans mostly voted no; the vote was not strictly along party lines. The two voting independents voted yes.
Democrats voted 31 yes and 14 no; eight listed Democratic senators from Minnesota, New Jersey, Hawaii, Delaware, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Colorado voted no against their party’s majority position.
Republicans voted 9 yes and 40 no; four Republicans did not vote.
Both independents voted yes.







































