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Ted Cruz: “A big area of dispute between Democrats and Republicans is…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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End NCAA Wild West: Ted Cruz wants to save College sports

Published | Video Starts at 15:11

… rules, I said, fine, let's try to do the very best we can to come up with a rule that makes sense. So that was a concession. A second concession, A big area of dispute between Democrats and Republicans is whether student athletes are employees. I would like to say categorically they're not employees. There are all sorts of legal burdens and problems that come with characterizing them as employees. (15:11–15:18)

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Asserts that there is a significant dispute between Democrats and Republicans on the employment status of student athletes.

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