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College football players need to go on strike

Chicago Sun-Times - Column

January 8, 2012

The BCS championship game will be held Monday night, and will generate tens of millions of dollars, probably hundreds of millions, for ESPN, the NCAA, advertisers, Las Vegas gamblers, New Orleans vendors, coaches, assistant coaches, athletic directors, assistant athletic directors, apparel companies, sports magazines, newspapers and on and on. But none for the workers themselves, the stars, the talent we want to see: the players.

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