Gary Parrish

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7,866 appearances 23 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 5d ago

Gary Parrish’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 23 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 11.

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Eye On College Basketball · Protect College Sports Act still far from a sure/great thing; Eric Musselman’s not having a great week; B1G + Big 12 scheduling nuggets · 17 Sep 2026 podcast

They have nicknames for people like me down here, and they're not fond. voice-verified

So I don't think I could win office in Mississippi, but if somehow, some way, I would not vote for this bill. voice-verified

I saw Kyle Drennan, who, you know, Juco advocate on Twitter, and he made this point. voice-verified

It basically summarizes my position. voice-verified

Here's what he said. voice-verified

He said, go ahead and picture the room this bill came out of. voice-verified

Now picture the locker room it affects. voice-verified

If those two pictures don't match, ask yourself why the first group gets to speak for the second. voice-verified

That's basically where I'm at on this, and that's why the bill as currently constructed would be a very quick no for me. voice-verified

There are good things in this bill, but it's not a good bill for the exact reasons Kyle noted. voice-verified

The players didn't get a seat at the table. voice-verified

A bunch of mostly old white men who don't look like most of the most valuable athletes in college – voice-verified

Those people are putting caps on what they can earn without the players having a voice in the process. voice-verified

That's a non-starter for me. voice-verified

And that's why if I were on game day opposite Ted Cruz – and somebody really should be on game day opposite Ted Cruz because otherwise he's just on national television selling this bill with no pushback from anybody even when he's clearly misleading in some areas and just wrong in others. voice-verified

Anyway – voice-verified

If I were on game day opposite Ted Cruz, I'd tell him that, yes, some of the things in this bill are things that I believe would improve college athletics. voice-verified

But the idea that you can cap what players can make without a negotiation in some form is wrong. voice-verified

I'd never vote for a bill that featured that bug, period, forever. voice-verified

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