Ted Cruz booed during ‘College GameDay’ appearance at Texas

"College GameDay" panelist Nick Saban has been one of the most outspoken proponents of the "Protect College Sports Act," and the show brought Texas Sen. Ted Cruz on ahead of Texas-Ohio State on Sept. 12 to rally support for the bill.

Cruz drew a chorus of boos from the Austin crowd upon his appearance with Rece Davis, and a myriad of jeers throughout his segment. Cruz touched on everything from the Lane Kiffin situation in LSU to Brendan Sorsby's offseason as why the bill should pass, labeling it as "chaos."

Though he didn't conduct the segment, Saban has appeared in advertising spots professing the importance of the bill, as has Colorado head coach Deion Sanders. Cruz sponsors the bill, as does Maria Cantwell (D) out of Washington. Though the crowd petered out a bit toward the end, it obviously wasn't keen on having Cruz on the dais. Cruz spoke for a little under eight minutes.

The Protect College Sports Act is a bipartisan bill meant to wrangle some of the offseason chaos that has permeated college sports since the emergence of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL).

It allowed student athletes to be compensated by NIL while requiring reporting of agreements…

Original source: https://www.usatoday.com/sports/