I would like to say categorically they're not employees. There are all sorts of legal burdens and problems that come with characterizing them as employees. So My old version of the bill said unequivocally, they [student athletes] are not employees. The Senate Democrats were completely unwilling to sign on to a bill that said they were not employees. And so if you insist on saying they're not employees, you get no Democrats and nothing passes. (15:25–15:30)
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Asserts that Ted Cruz's previous bill stated student athletes are not employees.
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