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Ted Cruz: “Every athlete's entitled to five years of eligibility and a…”

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

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Saving College Sports—Landmark New Legislation that's a Massive Win for Athletes, Colleges & Fans

Published | Video Starts at 25:29

You're an athlete, you're an athlete getting traded from one team to another. So the transfer portal reform is really important. And eligibility, we put in clear rules that Every athlete's entitled to five years of eligibility and a hard cap of age 24 is the oldest you can be. And so I love that rule. You know, we're not going to have 27, 28 year old guys. It's not, it's not fair for a 28 year old guy to play against an 18 year old guy. (25:29–25:36)

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Asserts that athletes are entitled to five years of eligibility with a maximum age of 24.

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