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Blue_Tires

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4. As far as Title IX goes

Reply to Travis_0004 (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 31, 2014, 11:44 AM

Jan 2014

why not just pay the revenue sports?

And the issue isn't whether athletes at big-time programs have a "pretty good deal", it's a matter of what percentage of the billions of billions of revenues each season is due to them...

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I'm not sure how well this would work out for them Travis_0004 Jan 2014 #1

I think Title IX could be the biggest wrinkle here. Dr. Strange Jan 2014 #2

As far as Title IX goes Blue_Tires Jan 2014 #4

I see only heartache here. Ilsa Jan 2014 #3

You can already lose your scholarship for no reason. Chisox08 Jan 2014 #5

Why not a union of all college students, not just athletes? Fumesucker Jan 2014 #6

I can see the point gollygee Jan 2014 #7

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