“Those conversations are ongoing,” said one of the bill’s sponsors, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. Senators return for the second half of September, before breaking for all of October — leaving little time remaining before the November midterms. Those have been core requests surrounding legislation from virtually all the conferences and NCAA since Congress began this process. Earlier this month, the SEC and Big Ten put out a paper outlining 10 “Common Sense Improvements” for the PCSA. The first two— and three of the 10 — entries on their list dealt with those two issues.