ESPN committed a bizarre broadcasting faux pas last Saturday, by giving Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) an extended platform on College GameDay to push for the passage of the so-called Protect College Sports Act (which also could be called the Screw College Players Act or, as Simms suggested, Protect the ESPN and SEC Contract Act ). The story has resonated throughout the week, and it looms over Saturday’s episode of College GameDay in Oxford, Mississippi.
Kirk Herbstreit, one of the College GameDay analysts, addressed the situation in comments with reporters on Friday.
“ I was first really impressed ,” Herbstreit said, via Mississippi Today . “I’ve…
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