{"slug": "in-senate-hearing-pac-12-commissioner-teresa-gould-calls-for-ncaa-to-consider-a", "title": "In Senate hearing, Pac-12 commissioner Teresa Gould calls for NCAA to consider collective bargaining, give athletes a “formal voice”", "summary": "Pac-12 Commissioner Teresa Gould testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday, urging the NCAA to explore collective bargaining and grant athletes a \"formal voice\" in governance. Gould made the remarks during a hearing on the Protect College Sports Act, calling for structural changes to how college sports are regulated.", "body_md": "**Getting your**\n\n[Trinity Audio](//trinityaudio.ai)player ready...The comments came during sworn testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee, which held a hearing Wednesday on the Protect College Sports Act.\n\nAlready have an account\n\n[Log In](https://www.mercurynews.com/login?&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mercurynews.com%2F2026%2F06%2F03%2Fncaa-senate-hearing-teresa-gould-pac-12-collective-bargaining%2F)\nThis article is only available to subscribers\n\nOffer valid for non-subscribers only", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/in-senate-hearing-pac-12-commissioner-teresa-gould-calls-for-ncaa-to-consider-a", "canonical_source": "https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/06/03/ncaa-senate-hearing-teresa-gould-pac-12-collective-bargaining/", "published_at": "2026-06-03 14:33:03+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-03 15:00:58.735941+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["Teresa Gould", "Pac-12", "NCAA", "Senate Commerce Committee"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/in-senate-hearing-pac-12-commissioner-teresa-gould-calls-for-ncaa-to-consider-a", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/in-senate-hearing-pac-12-commissioner-teresa-gould-calls-for-ncaa-to-consider-a.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/in-senate-hearing-pac-12-commissioner-teresa-gould-calls-for-ncaa-to-consider-a.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/in-senate-hearing-pac-12-commissioner-teresa-gould-calls-for-ncaa-to-consider-a.jsonld"}}