The legal efforts to unionize college athletes appear to be running out of steam this month as a new Republican-led administration gets set to take over the federal agency in charge of ruling on employment cases.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said helping the NCAA regulate the booming athlete NIL market will be a "major" priority for the Senate Commerce Committee this session.

NCAA president Charlie Baker says talks are ongoing to expand the basketball tournament to 72 or 76 teams.

Three athletes are calling for major changes beyond those in the pending $2.8 billion NCAA antitrust settlement, including enabling college athletes to bargain collectively.