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Ted Cruz: “The opposition we've seen so far, the most vocal opposition…”

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

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Sen. Ted Cruz on his quest to change college sports

Published | Video Starts at 21:04

And what we connect to that is if you are pooling your media rights and getting a lot more revenue, you have to maintain the roster slots and scholarships for women's sports, for Olympic sports, for all the non revenue sports. And listen, The opposition we've seen so far, the most vocal opposition has come from the SEC and Big Ten. Al's going to plus my next question. Yeah, and the SEC in Big Ten. Look, I like Greg Sankey, Tony Pertiti, both good guys, they're friends of mine, they want to form a super league. (21:04–21:11)

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Asserts that the SEC and Big Ten are the most vocal opponents of [the bill].

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