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    CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 20 Feb 2017

    Some U.S. schools spend millions a year flying college coaches around the country to recruit athletes http://cbsn.ws/2ln7mho pic.twitter.com/C1g0zMp2S2

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      1. Regan‏ @ReganFraser 21 Feb 2017
        Replying to @CBSNews

        Good for them. Flying's fun for coaches. And... "Hockey is for people who don't understand Figure Skating" - Tim Horton

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      1. Darlene Cypser‏ @DarleneCypser 20 Feb 2017
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        College athletics programs often run on a budget separate from the university funded by alumni contributions not from other sources

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      2. fprefect‏ @fprefect6 20 Feb 2017
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        and also pay football coaches several time what they pay physics professors...

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      3. Beto O'1/1024th Cherokee‏ @Veritas4America 20 Feb 2017
        Replying to @fprefect6 @CBSNews

        when a physics professor generates hundreds of millions for the University, let me know.

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      4. fprefect‏ @fprefect6 20 Feb 2017
        Replying to @Veritas4America @CBSNews

        well some actually do...but there's no doubt football is the #1 revenue producer...particularly alum. donations

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      5. Beto O'1/1024th Cherokee‏ @Veritas4America 20 Feb 2017
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        I know some professors do. I picked stanford for a reason. Their college football program spends 17m generates 26m.

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      1. BillBrown Nationalist‏ @alshabob2 24 Feb 2017
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        and millions are spent on bathroom signs for the ambiguous

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      1. Kevin Kimberly‏ @KevinKimberly36 20 Feb 2017
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        duh

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      1. Angie‏ @angierrv 20 Feb 2017
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        . That is one of the reason colleges and universities are so expensive.

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      1. Michael‏ @sonofray 20 Feb 2017
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        we know.

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      1. D Collins‏ @DCollin40572953 20 Feb 2017
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        more tax $ let them pay their own way

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      1. ria austin‏ @riaaustin1 20 Feb 2017
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        this is so not funny anymore! These schools need to be put on notice! Pay athletes in college, they are hostages to big money donor

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      1. Blogger G‏ @Bloggergonewild 20 Feb 2017
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        @CBSLA OMG! When did this revelation come about?

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      1. Sonny Guy‏ @GuyLindaguy 20 Feb 2017
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        actually it's mostly Alumni money

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      1. LeGe‏ @gue_lexi 20 Feb 2017
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        and yet I still get calls every few months from my alma mater asking me to donate. College football is so shady...

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      1. Rick Campbell‏ @RickCat1962 20 Feb 2017
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        and this is a problem why? Must be an ROI or they would not be doing it

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      1. Beto O'1/1024th Cherokee‏ @Veritas4America 20 Feb 2017
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        yeah... look at dollar figures generated by football programs versus expenditures. Most expenditures come from boosters not taxes.

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      1. Doug McKlemurry‏ @McKlemurry 20 Feb 2017
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        and this is wrong??? 😎😎😎

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