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“Too Many Restrictions”: Paul Finebaum Doesn’t Have Much Faith in Ted Cruz’s Bipartisan Bill
The last few months have seen several federal attempts to reform college athletics. The latest one saw Sens. Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell introduce a bipartisan bill titled ‘Protect College Sports Act.’ It addresses issues related to NIL, coaching changes, and transfers. However, analyst Paul Finebaum believes the likelihood of moving the 111-page bill forward is very low.
“Not really,” said Finebaum during his May 29 appearance on ESPN College Football when asked if he liked this new bill. “This is the Lane Kiffin bill, presented by Ted Cruz. And while there are a lot of good things in there, I’ll spare the nation from falling asleep going through every one of them. There’s also so many restrictions.”
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“That I don’t know how you stop all these things because right now everything in college athletics is about going to your neighborhood judge and having him save your star’s eligibility. And unless there is a sweeping antitrust part of this and it’s a very narrow one, I don’t think it will matter. And quite frankly, just not to circumvent the conversation, but it is almost June. This is an election year, and I do not believe this bill is going to get very far.”
This is a developing story….