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Ted Cruz: “Eligibility rules, that every athlete has five years of…”

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 05:18

You have athletes that are playing when they're 26, 27, 28 years old. You have former pros going back and playing college ball. Well, what we've written into this bill is clear Eligibility rules, that every athlete has five years of eligibility, that 24 is the age cap and at the end of 24, that's it. So that it's not fair to have 28 year old guys playing against 18 year olds, there's just too big a difference in age. There's, that gives some certainty. (05:18–05:28)

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Asserts that the proposed legislation includes eligibility rules of five years and an age cap of 24.

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