Chip Roy Floats Congressional Action on College Football After Lane Kiffin Fiasco: 'Isn't Supposed to Be an NFL Lite'

Chip Roy Floats Congressional Action on College Football After Lane Kiffin Fiasco: ‘Isn’t Supposed to Be an NFL Lite’


Rep. Chip Roy, a Republican from Texas, did not hold back Monday as he warned that Congress may need to step in and fix what he called a growing mess in college football.

His comments came during a House Rules Committee hearing on the SCORE Act, where he said the sport is drifting into something it was never meant to be.

Roy said the situation unfolding across the country, from bloated conferences to cross-country realignment, shows college athletics has lost its way.

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He pointed to the latest high-profile chaos as evidence.

That example came on Sunday when Lane Kiffin left his one-loss Ole Miss team to become the head coach at Louisiana State University.

Roy used the move to highlight what he sees as a

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