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Ben Ferguson: “Having a college roster at 80 million if you're a student…”

Featuring: Ben Ferguson, Conservative | Talk Show Host | National

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Published | Video Starts at 04:44

You had a lot of friends that you that you get to know that are in those Olympic sports for example that would all disappear. And when you think about Having a college roster at 80 million if you're a student athlete sounds great, but that's only in two sports. Really the majority of that 80 are. You know he's talking about Alabama. I mean there's not that much in basketball I promise you at alab. (04:44–04:51)

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Asserts that large college sports budgets primarily benefit only two sports.

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