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Is ‘student-athlete’ a misnomer?

How should colleges address conflicts between academics, athletics and money?

04/08/2014 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

Is ‘student-athlete’ a misnomer?

Clip: 4/8/2014 | 8m 31s

How should colleges address conflicts between academics, athletics and money?

Players and fans celebrated the March Madness victory by the University of Connecticut, but the game against the University of Kentucky also highlighted one of the major debates facing NCAA basketball. Jeffrey Brown gets perspectives from Patrick Harker, president of the University of Delaware, and Kevin Blackistone of the University of Maryland about student players and the amateurship model.

04/08/2014 | Rating NR

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