The bipartisan Protect College Sports Act being pushed by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) passed the Senate Commerce Committee 19-9 on Thursday and is headed to the Senate floor, however, not everyone is happy about it.

While former Alabama coach Nick Saban was a huge proponent of the bill and praised what it could do for college sports during a recent Senate hearing, the two major conferences in college sports — the SEC and the Big 10 — have openly opposed elements of it and continued to do so after Thursday’s news.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) also spoke out against the bill before it passed the Commerce Committee, arguing it goes too far towards a full federal takeover of college sports and motioned for a unanimous consent.

“Two weeks ago, my colleagues here rolled out a bipartisan bill that aims to fix some of these problems,” Tuberville said via On3. “I respect the work that they put into it. I know it all too well. I know they’re trying to solve a serious and very, very hard problem. It’s almost impossible. But I think their bill goes too far.”

“Trust me, if I thought it’d work, I’d support it. Unfortunately, it gets too deep into the businesses of universities, conferences, athletics departments while doing far too little to give the student-athlete the stability and clarity that, actually, they need.”

Tuberville warned of loopholes in the eligibility portion of the bill which could open the NCAA up to future lawsuits once again.

Cantwell, however, dispelled the concerns of both Tuberville and the conferences by arguing major concessions have already been made in the bill.

“I know my colleague from Alabama is trying to be well-meaning,” she said. “He has said several times tonight that my colleague and I have worked hard on this legislation. We have. We have because we believe, just like he does, that it is preserving college sports that is critical – not just for those, the 2% of the system or 3%, that might play in a sport that does generate revenue, but for the 500,000 athletes that are part of our collegiate system.”

Cantwell continued, “We cannot continue to see these athlete numbers diminish. We can’t wake up and be in the next Olympics and wonder what happened to the training of our athletes, only to find out they got cut because we couldn’t end an arms race in the football spree that we are seeing today. I think that we are going to continue to push ahead on a more broad issue. For that reason, I object.”

While Saban disagrees with Tuberville and the conference he used to coach in, it should be a very interesting next couple of months in the Senate as the bill heads to the floor.