Hakeem Jeffries: “It undermined the ability of college athletes. It undermined…”

“It would take away. Legal rights. To seek redress. The organized labor unions across the country were strongly opposed because. It undermined the ability of college athletes. It undermined their freedom to negotiate, took away collective bargaining rights. And of course, the players associations across every sports league, led by the NFL Players association, were opposed to it because they concluded when evaluating the bill on the merits that it would actually hurt college athletes, not help them.” (09:03–09:11)

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