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Billion Dollar Blitz: College sports’ big business is bankrolled by taxpayers and students

Billion Dollar Blitz: College sports’ big business is bankrolled by taxpayers and students
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( InvestigateTV ) — Across America, big-time college athletics is a $12 billion industry, in most cases, living beyond its means. Ticket sales, TV deals, sponsorships and other revenue sources don’t bring in enough money to cover the bills. So, universities are filling sometimes massive gaps from...

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