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Sep. 15—The Protect College Sports Act still hasn't come up for vote on the U.S. Senate floor, and it faces as much bipartisan opposition as the bipartisan support that launched it. That hasn't stopped the Senate from pushing for a floor vote or Congress to find another avenue to try and flex their legislative muscle on the college athletics landscape.
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Monday saw a new bill introduced from U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) and Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) that seeks to limit the number of international athletes on a college roster to 20 percent.
The bill's name? That would be the "Training and Education for American Members in University Sports and Athletics Act." Otherwise known as the "TEAM USA Act."
Where we should all pause is the fact a legislator from Ohio and one from Michigan are joining forces for anything sports related. Seems wrong.
But should this bill actually pass and those restrictions come to fruition, it would have a significant effect nationwide. While I struggled to envision Congress passing any legislation, especially legislation that would impact college athletics, it's worth a deep dive on Illinois' rosters to see which teams wouldn't be possible in this proposed future.
Several wouldn't pass muster with the current Congress. Like the roster Brad Underwood built.
Baseball
Hyunwook Lee (South Korea); Olivier Martel (Canada)
5.9%
Men's basketball
David Mirkovic (Montenegro); Andrej Stojakovic (Greece); Stefan Vaaks (Estonia); Tomislav Ivisic (Croatia); Zvonimir Ivisic (Croatia)
33.3%
Men's cross-country
Frank Buchanan (Ireland); Pol Molins (Spain); Joshua Mungin (Scotland); William Strickley (England)
57.1%
Football
Jack Gray (Australia)
0.86%
Men's golf
Le Khanh Hung (Vietnam); Dujuan Snyman (Australia); Freddie Turnell (England); Ethan Wilson (Canada)
44.4%
Men's gymnastics
Giel Vandeberg (Belgium); Zion Aserie (England)
11.1%
Men's tennis
David Bakonyi (Hungary); Adam Jilly (Hungary); Zach Viiala (Australia); Jeremy Zhang (Australia)
50%
Men's track and field
Charalampos Alivizatos (Greece); Frank Buchanan (Ireland); Jip De Greef (Netherlands); Aivar Ellam (Estonia); Andreas Hantson (Estonia); Jonathan Kapitolnik (Israel); Pol Molins (Spain); Joshua Mungin (Scotland); Kennedy Ocasney (Ghana); Godfred Opoku (Ghana); Luuk Pelkmans (Netherlands); Tim Pelkmans (Netherlands); William Strickley (England);
50%
Wrestling
N/A
0%
Women's basketball
Irene Noya Catoira (Spain); Lana Brenjo (Bosnia); Manuella Alves (Brazil); Ona Riopedre (Spain); Cearah Parchment (Canada); Lety Vasconcelos (Brazil)
40%
Women's cross-country
Oliwia Belczew (Poland); Mireya Bugeja (Malta); Sarah Smith (England)
25%
Women's golf
Helen Liu (China)
12.5%
Women's gymnastics
Judy Abdalla (Egypt); Sirne Abouelhoda (Egypt)
10%
Soccer
Emma Yee (Canada); Hedda Ornberg (Sweden); Téa Mayson (Canada); Abby Anderson (Canada); Noreen Tijhof (Canada);
17.2%
Softball
N/A
0%
Swimming and diving
Eva Allan (New Zealand); Martina Cibulkova (Slovakia); Hanna Ekdahl (Sweden); Matilda Garcia (Mexico); Kalina Nikolaeva (Bulgaria); Eva Paraschiv (Romania); Amelia Semple (Canada); Virag Zambo (Hungary)
26.7%
Women's tennis
Kimiko Cooper (Australia); Cara Mester (Romania); Risa Ueno (Japan)
30%
Women's track and field
Oliwia Belczew (Poland); Mireya Bugjea (Malta); Katharina Graman (Sweden); Emma Haeggblom (Sweden); Mercy Honesty (Nigeria); Lucie Kienast (Germany); Grace Kombetto (Ghana); Terrell McCoy (Bahamas); Elizabeth Ndudi (France); Yman Ossie Tchiengue (France); Siun Quinn (Ireland); Sarah Smith (England); Romi Tamir (Israel); Miia Tillmann (Estonia); Melissa Wullschleger (Switzerland); Sofia Yakushina (Russia)
36.4%
Volleyball
Taylor de Boer (Canada); Kristina Starostenko (Ukraine); Talita Goncalves (Brazil)
16.7%