John Thune actually said...

"Everything is a first step, as Neil Armstrong said. We got a lot of steps to make, and as others have pointed out, the world is changing."

"There is a lot of flexibility that's allowed at the member institutions to make decisions that are in the best interests of their student-athletes."

"However, the college student-athlete is, and should be, a student first."

"When you run into these barriers that are artificial barriers imposed by the Europeans and China and other countries around the world, it is going to be increasingly difficult for us."