Yahoo Sports reports: Nick Saban threw his support behind a bipartisan bill designed to regulate college sports during a Senate hearing Wednesday, less than 24 hours after the SEC and Big Ten said the legislation still needs work. The Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the Protect College Sports Act, sponsored by Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas-R) and Maria Cantwell (Wash.-D), lasted just over three hours. “I’m not here representing a conference or a team but to preserve college athletics as a whole,” Saban said in his openi