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Jon Kyl: “Sports organizations, in particular, are obviously very much afraid of the adulteration of professional and amateur…”

On the recordJuly 23, 1998
Sports organizations, in particular, are obviously very much afraid of the adulteration of professional and amateur sports. As a result, groups like the National Amateur Athletic Association, Major League Baseball, NFL, NBA, National Hockey League, National Soccer League, and, of course, law enforcement and all 50 States attorneys general support this legislation. In fact, it is because of them that we are proposing it. We can't protect the citizens of our States unless we have legislation of this kind.
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Jon Kyl
Republican · Arizona

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Discussing the support for legislation to protect the integrity of professional and amateur sports.

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