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Opposing view: College sports should work as free market

USA Today

January 13, 2012

Rather than "how much should athletes be paid?" we ask "why allow 300-plus independent schools to agree collectively on the maximum that each gives its athletes?" Why do we allow collusion in college sports when in the rest of America, we trust free markets?

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