And so the bill is designed to find common ground and build a broad coalition. So what does it do? It starts out by protecting athletes and their right to be compensated. And listen, The old system that was around for a long, long time, athletes could not get any compensation. And it was really unfair. It didn't make sense. Lots of people were getting rich off college athletics. Everyone except the athletes. (17:32–17:38)
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Asserts that historically, college athletes were not allowed to receive compensation.
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