Ted Cruz: “There are more than 500,000 college athletes in America.”

“Schools are losing millions. Many are losing tens of millions of dollars. They're canceling women's sports. They're canceling Olympic sports, track and field, tennis, and that is taking away opportunities. There are more than 500,000 college athletes in America. And sports provides the chance for many of those young men and women, their only chance to go to college. And if Congress doesn't act, we would see hundreds of thousands of those scholarship positions going away.” (00:48–00:53)

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