Do you have a personal view on this bill?

The data this relies on is pre-House. It reflects big spending on coaches' salaries and travel from 2014 to 2024, that far outpaced spending on scholarships. Revenue sharing was $0 and NIL money came (and still comes) from third parties. gao.gov/assets/gao-26-108640…

100% of the blame should rest at the feet of university presidents and regents. Nothing moves forward in higher education without their approvals. Universities are not the victims, they are the perpetrators.

We are supposed to take advice from politicians on how to reduce runaway spending now?

What this shows is NCAA administrators sucking all the revenue dry and then soaking their schools and taxpayers to keep driving the revenue. So Congress will of course preserve the gravy train for administrators who add zero value while stomping their competition for revenue.

You know universities could just say no. Our primary mission is education not football

"Arms race" is a phrase used to prevent individuals and/or institutions from practicing one iota of individual responsibility. "How can I be held accountable; we're in an Arms Race!" It's an absurd analogy otherwise.

or they can just stop having a football team

UCLA just made tickets free for students. Doesn't sound like they're broke.

She doesn’t understand arms races. Still only one winner each year and it’s worth a lot to be that winner.

Universities students and taxpayers pay this too?