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Brian Schatz: “We strongly disagree that there needs to be a felony or a conviction for us to remove someone off the field.”

On the recordDecember 1, 2014
We strongly disagree that there needs to be a felony or a conviction for us to remove someone off the field.
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii

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Senator Schatz argues against requiring a felony conviction for player discipline.

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