Richard Blumenthal: “This is not just about golf. This is a crown jewel in the Saudis' reputation laundering efforts.”

After all the years I’ve spent working on this issue, I could never for one minute trust the NCAA to police itself.

It fails to provide for adequate enforcement.

Despite my bipartisan amendment to increase conference access, the legislation still does not adequately promote vigorous competition among teams and conferences and instead preserves the exclusive club of the current Power Four membership…

There’s no excuse for this administration disobeying the law and withholding this funding.