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To Pay Or Not To Pay: The Big Business Of College Sports

written by Chris Talgo and Emma Kaden

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Money and March Madness

by Daniel Sutter April 17, 2018

March Madness recently concluded with Villanova winning the title. Given the ongoing college basketball bribery investigation, the bigger question may be whether the Wildcats will eventually vacate the title.

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Taxpayers Should Call Foul on Sports-Stadium Subsidy Handouts

by Jesse Hathaway July 2, 2016

Lawmakers in Salt Lake City recently approved giving the city’s NBA team, the Utah Jazz, $22.7 million in tax revenue collected from businesses in the basketball arena’s zoning district. The subsidy will be doled out over the next 25 years. The “reimbursement,” as lawmakers on the Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City termed the gift, is expected to be used to help pay for the planned construction and renovation of the Vivint Arena, where the Jazz play ball.

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Fracking Ban Would Hurt Environment February 21, 2020
If a policymaker proposed banning cars and trucks or reducing the speed limit to 5 mph to reduce traffic fatalities, he or she would be laughed off the stage.
I Lived In Russia When Bernie Sanders Visited, And He's A Dupe February 21, 2020
Bernie Sanders, a man who could be led astray so easily by KGB minders and a Potemkin tour of the USSR, should never be president of the United States.
How MLB Should Have Punished The Astros For Cheating In 2017 February 19, 2020
MLB should erase the Astros' participation from the record books and vacate the 2017 championship, not because they won by cheating, but because they cheated.
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Reaching Peak Progressivism February 19, 2020
The frightening visions of the new peak progressives will ensure the reelection of Donald Trump.
The ‘Other Side’ Is Not Dumb February 16, 2020
In psychology, the idea that everyone is like us is called the “false-consensus bias.”
Media Will Never Understand U.S. If They Keep Hating Trump Voters February 14, 2020
The mainstream media will spend a lot of effort this year reporting on Trump voters, but very little effort trying to understand or empathize with them.
After Attending a Trump Rally, I Realized Democrats Are Not Ready For 2020 February 14, 2020
The more voices outside the left that I listened to, the more I realized that these were not bad people.
It's Time For Classical Architecture To Bring Down Hideous Totalitarians February 13, 2020
The movement to bring back classical architecture in both Britain and the United States is long overdue.
Let's Not Forget Frontrunner Bernie Sanders Has A Lot Of Crazy Plans February 12, 2020
Here are just 19 of the insane policy proposals and radical ideas Bernie Sanders would champion as president.