States are pouring taxpayer dollars into college sports as athlete pay squeezes budgets
- Regardless of the score, the North Carolina Tar Heels will already be in elite company when they kick off the college football season against Texas Christian University.
- They will be among a small but growing number of athletic programs receiving taxpayer funding from their home states.
- With universities competing to pay athletes millions of dollars, some states now are propping up their strained sports budgets in ways not previously seen.
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- Regardless of the score, the North Carolina Tar Heels will already be in elite company when they kick off the college football season against Texas Christian University.
- They will be among a small but growing number of athletic programs receiving taxpayer funding from their home states.
- With universities competing to pay athletes millions of dollars, some states now are propping up their strained sports budgets in ways not previously seen.
Sources: The Independent