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Ted Cruz: “My legislation empowers the NCAA to make rules concerning…”

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

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‘It’s the Wild West’ Sen. Ted Cruz calls for reforms to college NIL opportunities

Published | Video Starts at 02:01

And I think there's a real need for Congress to act and set some uniform rules. And so I've drafted legislation and this legislation is the product of spending a lot of time listening to the stakeholders. And My legislation empowers the NCAA to make rules concerning how NIL will operate and how the transfer portal will operate. It doesn't put Congress in charge of it. So some other approaches have had government somehow setting the rules for college sports. I think that's a really bad idea. (02:01–02:13)

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Asserts that his proposed legislation gives the NCAA authority over NIL and transfer portal regulations.

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