Ted Cruz: “In five years you will see 30 to 50 schools that have…”

“You're seeing women's sports being canceled, track and field, Olympics, non revenue sports, tennis being canceled week after week after week. I think if we do nothing, In five years you will see 30 to 50 schools that have football programs, basically a mini NFL, and the rest of the programs effectively go away. That's a terrible outcome. That is, we are facing crisis. Look, you mentioned the ncaa. The NCAA is powerless to do anything because anytime they try to do something, they get sued and they lose.” (08:25–08:36)

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