Carl Lewis calls for free tuition to support Olympic dreams in America

9-time gold medallist Carl Lewis shares how he thinks the American government can help future Olympic hopefuls

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00:00Here's what we can do that can help Olympic sports.

00:02That can help every single American.

00:04Why don't we make tuition free in public schools?

00:09That's what we do so everyone benefits.

00:13Because if you took the tuition cost out of college

00:16and funneled that back into Olympic sports,

00:19we wouldn't have an issue and every American can benefit from that.

00:22So,you know,it's incredible how much college costs

00:27and the burden it puts on people so what what what if we what if we help olympic athletes what if we

00:33help college students what if you help americans what if we help families all in one fell swoop

00:38and just make tuition free that's something that the government could invest back into

00:43our people and that's that's really the big thing