Obama's brother-in-law rejects civil rights, racism argument against college sports overhaul

While a bill to add a new swath of regulations to college sports is generating a swell of bipartisan support, some opponents are suggesting that the bill itself is racist.

The Protect College Sports Act, pushed by Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., has so far survived two key hurdles in the Senate and is on its way to a final vote in the coming week.

However, NAACP President Derrick Johnson, the Congressional Black Caucus and Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., one of a...