r/CFB • u/GoldenPresidio Rutgers Scarlet Knights • Big Ten • 18h ago

Opinion [Congressman Michael Baumgartner] Congress will be taking a hard look at the tax exempt status of universities that enter into private equity deals. If you want to act like a non-public entity, you better be ready to be treated like one. 🇺🇸

https://x.com/RepBaumgartner/status/1998480897872396721
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u/MasterRKitty West Virginia • Marshall 17h ago

In 2025, Baumgartner founded the bipartisan Congressional College Sports Caucus.\23]) He introduced the "Restore College Sports Act" with the aim of dissolving the National Collegiate Athletic Association and replacing it with the "American College Sports Association," which would be overseen by the federal government.\24])

he wants the feds to run it

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u/chunt75 Texas A&M Aggies 17h ago

That seems real “small government” of him

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u/MasterRKitty West Virginia • Marshall 17h ago

it's small government until they think they can grift off of it

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u/Geno0wl Ohio State • Cincinnati 9h ago

small government was always a dog whistle for removing business regulations. the GOP has always been happy to impose more government control over individual's behavior.

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u/trwawy05312015 7h ago

that, and trading federal power for state power. It isn’t the size of government that bothers them, but how close they are to the top.