Yeah, no.

Today:

Senator Eric Schmitt
[September 18, 2026]

Without enforceable rules, college sports has become the Wild West.
Courts can strike down rules. States can pass conflicting laws. Only Congress can establish a national framework that gives college sports clear guardrails.
End the chaos. Pass the Protect College Sports Act.
[….]

Some of the responses

I have a college athlete and could care less about this but would love to hear you address REAL concerns like gas and grocery prices, the economy, the war in Iran, healthcare, or the current national debt.

Heck yeah!!!The Protect College Sports Act is gonna bring down the price of diesel!!!

Will this lower gas prices?

You want the federal government to regulate college sports! This won’t go well. My Republican Party stood for small government and limited regulation.

So glad Senator Eric Schmitt is so in touch with the American people and his constituents and their most vital concerns. I lose sleep at night worrying about this college sports stuff.

Deficit, gas prices, healthcare, war.

grocery prices, inflation

You’re pathetic, get your priorities in line. Let’s address affordability, gas, the fking war, Healthcare.

Of all the crap to be concerned with.

Please, resign.

Dear Trumpers, you’re obviously rooting for Trump to further destroy our economy. Can you at least let us know your target for gas prices? Is it $5 a gallon, $6, $7? What would make you the happiest?

U just don’t understand what your job is….

Fuck off. Our worlds on fire, and you big concern is college sports. You out of touch asshole. Wake the fuck up you damn sycophantic moron.

With everything going on in the country, it’s stupid that you guys are wasting time on this. Saying that, you are on the wrong side when it comes to this. Antitrust laws exist for very good reasons. Passing legislation to allow a multi-billion dollar industry to get around antitrust law is extremely bad for the athletes in these sports. The highest paid public employee in nearly every state is a college football or basketball coach. Allowing this industry to avoid solving their problems in a way that benefits both labor and the employers is wrong. You are giving the good ol boys network who runs college sports a free pass to keep exploiting a bunch of 18 to 22 year olds.

I can’t afford gas or groceries. Please focus on that.

MAGA Culture War Kool-Aid

I’ve never been against college athletics, but Schmitt is quickly changing my mind.

Looks like there is nothing important going on to Schmitt. War in Iran, ridiculous food prices, gas prices rising daily, the only thing important to Schmitt is sports in colleges. What a nitwit. VOTE BLUE, take back our power.

WTF. Yet another post about sports. Get your head out of your ass. Trump is burning this country into the ground.

Always wanting to suppress someone else’s money. Union busting fuck.

You and your college sports. It’s the economy, stupid!

So many more important things to work on but you pick this stupid shit.

Why don’t you worry about something really important to the American people. You are pathetic.

All Missouri wants is to afford groceries and gas again, Eric, I don’t think that’s reaching for the stars here

Ok, there is a war in Ukraine and the USA is losing in Iran and you are worried about sports? Geez Senator, are you off track? The athlete stuff doesn’t cost us. All the other stuff mentioned does. What the hell are doing?