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needed video to believe he actually said this 9 days before an election.
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Oluchi Okananwa, the star guard for the University of Maryland basketball team, and I take your questions about the Protect College Sports Act and how it sets back players’ rights by decades.
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5/ Sure the eligibility, transfer and compensation rules need to be cleaned up. But college sports doesn't need a groundbreaking anti-trust exemption for that!
The "crisis" is made up. The only crisis is schools and coaches having to work harder to recruit and keep athletes.
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4/ Fan interest is at an all-time high. More proof that athlete empowerment has annoyed coaches, but drawn MORE fans.
ESPN football viewership was UP 16% last year. March Madness had a 30-year viewership high.
Fans like it when kids are paid what they are worth.
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3/ Women's sports are growing, not shrinking. Division 1 schools have added 87 programs in recent years. Women's BB attendance hit 13M in 2025 - a record.
And fwiw, there is no enforceable requirement that new $$ schools get from the bill go to women's sports anyway.
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2/ Revenue for college sports - especially football and basketball (the ones in the supposed "crisis") - is booming. The SEC - clamoring for this bill - gave out a record $1 BILLION to its schools last year. The new football playoff TV deal is $1.3B - triple the last deal.
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Look at the massive crowd behind them and tell me with a straight face that college sports are in "absolute chaos". The "chaos" is that (mostly black) athletes now have bargaining power and white coaches and sports industry execs hate it.
1/ Want proof? Here are the numbers:
Pat McAfee nailed it: College sports are in “absolute chaos,” there are no rules anyone can reliably follow, and Congress is now “our only option.”
Coach Saban put the absurdity plainly: “Would we ever think that an NFL player could come back and play in college? It’s absolutely crazy.”
College sports cannot survive as a courtroom free-for-all.
It is time to pass the Protect College Sports Act, send it to President Trump’s desk, and sign it on College GameDay this fall.
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As we continue to track corporate disclosures for 2025, so far 234 companies have avoided $125 billion in federal income tax on $880 billion in profits. itep.org/corporate-tax-avoid…
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The AFL-CIO Sports Council strongly opposes the SCORE Act. The bill is a bad deal for athletes, writing a blank check to the NCAA while limiting athletes' earnings and diminishing their bargaining power. #NIL #NCAA
aflcio.org/about/advocacy/le…
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To read our complete joint letter that was sent to Committee members today, visit here:
nflpa.com/press/the-players-…
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“If you can make @SenAlexPadilla forcibly kneel before this executive, when does it stop?”
—@SenBooker
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Yesterday, we delivered a confer demand letter to @AFLCIO President @LizShuler letting her know that she has an obligation to meet with us to fix the pension once and for all. It’s time that they unfreeze our pensions like they’re doing for management.
Pension equity NOW!
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⚪️🟠⚪️
#UVAStrong | #GoHoos⚔️
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When we fight, we win! @nwsl_players have won a groundbreaking deal that sets a new standard in sports and beyond. This is the power of solidarity! #wesaidnow
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The richest 1% of Americans and foreign investors received most of the benefits from Trump cutting the corporate tax rate to 21%.
Raising the corporate rate to 28% could have a $1.4 trillion impact over the next decade. itep.org/revenue-raising-pro…
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.@SAGAFTRA member Lisa Ann Walter (Melissa Schemmenti on Abbott Elementary!) agrees: it’s #BetterInAUnion
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Retweet if your college has won at least 10 medals for Team USA in the #Olympics according to the NCAA
