This state senator once caused McDonald’s to change. No wonder she took on the NCAA.

“Anyway, so at the end of it, as he’s leaving, I pulled him aside, and I said, ‘Can state law change this?’” she said. “I said, ‘I’m running for State Senate now, and you know, I’m trying to figure out, ‘Can we make a difference?’ And he goes, ‘Well, actually, it could, ’cause the NC2A’s own bylaws state that they must follow state law.’ I’m like, ‘Oh.’”