Welcome to Verdict with Ted Cruz week in review. Ben Ferguson with you and these are the

stories that you may have missed that we talked about this past week. First up, Nick Sabin testifies

about the importance of NIL, the deals with athletes, students, and how it could help or even hurt and destroy college sports.

We'll take a look at what Congress may do to get involved.

Also, Hunter Biden runs away from the public hearing that he demanded.

So when is he going to be seen again in Washington?

We'll talk about those developments as well.

And finally, New York wants

$500 million, a half a billion dollars from Donald Trump by Tuesday. And if he doesn't come up with

the money, they want to seize his assets. So what will Trump do next? We'll dive into that.

It's the weekend review, and it starts right now.

Senator, you mentioned this roundtable, and I want to play some of your opening remarks. You were

sitting there next to Nick Saban, which is, by the way, if you're a sports fan, it's just cool.

He's a legendary coach. I'm so glad he retired, so I don't have to deal with him playing him every year

because he's a brilliant mind in football. But here's part of what you had to say. Fear and many

others fear threatens to jeopardize all that is working so well with college athletics. More and more,

there is agreement that Congress needs to act to ensure that we have a level playing field that we have real competition

that college sports can continue to thrive in the decades going forward.

And this roundtable is designed to be a discussion with numerous stakeholders who are engaged in the process to get perspectives on what is needed

and what is not. Right now, we have the brave new world of NIL and college athletes now,

many of them earning very significant sums of money. I, for one, think that's a good thing.

I think it is good that young men and young women

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