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Ted Cruz: “We mandate significantly increased athlete representation…”

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 21:17

What about that? So the bill is deliberately silent on the question of collective bargaining. But what we do is we mandate athlete representation at every level. So We mandate significantly increased athlete representation within the NCAA. We allow schools to join together and negotiate for pooled media rights, and we mandate athlete representation there. (21:17–21:23)

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Asserts that the bill requires more athlete representation in the NCAA.

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