{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stevens.house.gov/media/press-releases/video-big-ten-championship-day-mi-congresswoman-haley-stevens-blasts-reported", "VIDEO: On Big Ten Championship Day, MI Congresswoman Haley Stevens Blasts Reported Big Ten Private Equity Deal and Stands Up for Students and Fans", "2025-12-06", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "MI", "Haley M. Stevens", "S001215", "stevens.house.gov", "stevens", "https://stevens.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens released a new video sounding the alarm on the Big Ten\u2019s consideration of a $2.4 billion deal with UC Investments \u2013 a move she warned would put corporate greed ahead of Michigan students, athletes, and long-held traditions.\n\nAfter writing and meeting with Commissioner Tony Petitti to push for answers to protect the Big Ten\u2019s identity for the next generation of athletes and fans, Congresswoman Haley Stevens is making it clear: corporate greed has no place in college sports.\n\nImage\n\nWatch the video here.\n\nKey Excerpts:\n\nWe cannot let corporate greed take over college sports.\n\nHere in Michigan, we live and breathe college sports. We tailgate on gamedays, and we keep our eyes glued to the TV during March Madness. But those special moments we cherish could change soon.\n\nRecently, the Big Ten announced an investment deal with a private, California buyer, opening the door for private equity to buy its way into college sports.\n\nWe can\u2019t sit by and let private equity fuel the ongoing realignment chaos and undermine the mission of our public universities.\n\nCollege sports belong to the students and the fans in Michigan, not wealthy billionaires.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://stevens.house.gov/media/press-releases/video-big-ten-championship-day-mi-congresswoman-haley-stevens-blasts-reported"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9134081192314625, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}