Ted Cruz: “If we do nothing, the current trajectory will concentrate…”

“Some critics ask, with everything going on in the world, why is Congress focused on college sports? Let me explain. If we do nothing, the current trajectory will concentrate more power in fewer hands and will widen the gap between the richest programs and everyone else. In a few years, if we do nothing. We could lose dozens of historic football and basketball programs, not to mention tens of thousands of Olympic sports at colleges dependent on the revenue from football and basketball.” (07:53–08:05)

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