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Ted Cruz: “Athletic programs, they're almost all losing millions of…”

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

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You have people that are 26, 27 years old still playing college sports and 28 year olds playing against 18 year olds, which is not fair, not right. And Athletic programs, they're almost all losing millions of dollars. Many of them are losing tens of millions of dollars. because the cost keeps spiraling out of control. And then if Congress doesn't act, I think five years from now there will be 30 to 50 competitive college football programs. (14:57–15:05)

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Asserts that most athletic programs are losing significant amounts of money.

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