Given the money involved in college athletics, it's not surprising that states are starting to provide tax money to athletic departments or - as in Arkansas' case - tax relief to college athletes, said Patrick Rishe, executive director of the sports business program at Washington University in St. Louis.
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“It may sound crazy, it may have sounded crazy 10 years ago, but now it seems anything is possible," Rishe said.
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