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Ben Ferguson: “If you wanted to transfer and they didn't give you a…”

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

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Saving College Sports—Landmark New Legislation that's a Massive Win for Athletes, Colleges & Fans

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Student athletes were, before we had nil. They were modern day slaves that you could be lied to by a coach. You signed with that university, they owned you. And If you wanted to transfer and they didn't give you a release, you, they then made you sit out for a year. which made you completely irrelevant because a younger person would come along and they'd been playing and they had stats and you were on the sidelines, you had to fix that. (18:05–18:10)

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Asserts that student athletes previously had to sit out a year if they transferred without a release.

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