The CSC Participation Agreement: An Institutional Surrender of Sovereignty & the Bureaucratic Overreach of the New College Sports Commission

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

In the wake of the House v. NCAA settlement, the "Power Four" conferences have birthed a new enforcement entity: the College Sports Commission (CSC). Ostensibly designed to regulate Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) markets and revenue sharing, the CSC has issued an 11-page "University Participation Agreement."

This “Participation Agreement” is not merely a regulatory framework; it is a capitulation. It demands that collegiate institutions sign away fundamental legal rights, submit to an unelected centralized authority, and police their own boosters and student-athletes as agents of this new bureaucracy. It represents a stunning consolidation of power that violates the spirit of American federalism, due process, and free enterprise.