Taxpayer money is being spent on college football now

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States pour taxpayer dollars into college sports as athlete pay, soaring costs squeeze budgets

AssociatedPressStates pour taxpayer dollars into college sports as athlete pay, soaring costs squeeze budgets A growing number of states are providing tax dollars to university athletics. The move comes as major college sports programs now are paying millions of dollars to athletes. apnews.com

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So the whole “sports pays for itself” thing didn’t pan out huh

If tickets, 100 streaming services money and boosters still can't cover it, maybe the budget is the problem

Using gambling taxes for this is troubling. The state gets folks betting, then gives the money to football which people bet on.. Sus af.

Nobody wants this except for like 100 people per state.

Somehow all 100 know a politician

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