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Chris Murphy: “The cost of youth sports participation has risen for…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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But the impact of this bill would be effectively to stop extractive private equity companies from owning and pillaging youth sports. But we don't have infinite time because in just the last few years, The cost of youth sports participation has risen for families by 46%. And that is driven in part by private equity ownership of teams and leagues. So my son unquestionably benefits from playing youth sports. I benefited, we all benefited from playing youth sports. (04:15–04:30)

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