The Senate passes a sweeping bipartisan bill that would regulate college sports, an attempt to end “chaos” in an industry that has been upended by skyrocketing athlete payments and near-unrestricted transfers between schools. ↧ Senate passes college sports bill that would rein in athlete paymen... The overwhelming 77-22 vote to pass the legislation is Congress’ strongest effort yet to set national regulations governing payments to college athletes for their names, images and likenesses and how often they can transfer.