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A Million Thanks: Pro Athletes Share the Wealth With Their Colleges
Universities have long turned to wealthy alumni to help finance their athletic departments. The Nike founder Phil Knight fueled Oregon’s rise to prominence, for example, and the oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens subsidized a building boom at Oklahoma State. Now universities are increasingly soliciting financial support from a previously untapped…
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