Richard Blumenthal: “Today's hearing is a first step, and I want to thank all of you for being here today.”

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

It’s illogical, illegal, intolerable — and that’s in effect what the court found.

Sen. Blackburn and I will fight as long and hard as necessary to pass this bill.

It fails to provide for adequate enforcement.