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Taxpayer money is being spent on college football now

https://apnews.com/article/73aba2a54785f23a3e1b7f268648ba7b

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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Nobody wants this except for like 100 people per state.

Somehow all 100 know a politician

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.