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Ted Cruz: “There are a lot of these rights that we give student…”

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

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End NCAA Wild West: Ted Cruz wants to save College sports

Published | Video Starts at 16:15

But by the way, that's a compromise for the Democrats as well. So it was a middle ground. Okay. And the third example I'll point to you is There are a lot of these rights that we give student athletes all sorts of rights. Health and safety, more health care coverage, safety standards. And then we create a series of private rights of action. Private right of action means an athlete can file a lawsuit to go enforce the standards in the bill. (16:15–16:24)

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Asserts that the bill provides student athletes with rights related to health, safety, and healthcare coverage.

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