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Taylor Branch Says NCAA and Colleges Using Athletes to Make Billions; Argues Jocks Should Be Paid

​Writing for the Atlantic Monthly, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author Taylor Branch offers a powerful indictment of the hypocrisy built into college sports, where universities make billions off of athletes who are essentially working full-time jobs for free.

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