Welcome back to Irish Illustrated Insider.

It is Thursday, June 4th.

I'm Tim O'Malley, joined today by John Bryce of USA Today, Drew Mentock of Irish Illustrated.

Apparently, guys, there is no offseason off the field because there's always

news for Notre Dameus involved.

I thought maybe it would be struggling when we finish on Monday's podcast for this Thursday.

But that is not the case at all.

Interview with General Manager Mike Martin and J.B., you had a piece on what Pete Povacca was heavily involved in.

Nordyam Athletic Director Pete Povacqua testified before the Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday,

the Protect College Sports Act of 2026.

I'll turn it over to you, J.B. That was great work you did earlier this week.

Well, I appreciate that. Certainly it has engulfed most of my week.

You do podcasts, all of that, podcast, all of that, right? That's just good.

Yeah, and our listeners will be interested to know that when we wrap up here today,

I'm headed over for an exclusive sit down with a BYU head coach Kalani Sataki and offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick.

So fired up for both of those.

That coverage will be in the coming weeks on USA today.

But yeah, most of my week dominated by the things going on in Washington, D.C., particularly the Protect College

Sports Act from the Pete Bavacqua angle. He was as involved in Wednesday's testimony as anyone,

probably more so because he stayed till the bitter end, whereas Nick Saban had told them in advance.

Even though he's retired, he had a prior engagement that precluded him from being

there the entire time. But Pete Bavakwa just speaking very candidly and talking about it's at a

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