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Riser said Louisiana's smaller universities, in particular, have been struggling financially and have shifted money from their general funds to their sports programs to try to remain competitive.
Louisiana set to hike its sports betting tax to help colleges pay their athletes →
Riser said the change would give stability to business and to the state treasury, removing a tie to federal tax rates that could soon fluctuate because of tax debates planned in Congress.
