Ted Cruz: “The rest of the schools, their programs will be obliterated.”

“And so what if we don't act? I think within five years, we will see 30 to 50 colleges that have a football program and they'll basically be an NFL. Yeah. And The rest of the schools, their programs will be obliterated. And there are a lot of reasons that's tragic. One is just sports brings us together. Sports is so much fun. Look, we're divided on so many issues today.” (05:25–05:29)

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