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Oklahoma Senate minority leader Sean Burrage speaks at a legislative forum hosted by the Associated Press at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)

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Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter second from right, speaks while College Athletes Players Association president Ramogi Huma left, United Steel Workers National Political Director Tim Waters second from left, and United Steel Workers president Leo Gerard right, look on during a news conference in Chicago, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Calling the NCAA a "dictatorship," a handful of Northwestern football players announced they are forming the first labor union for college athletes--one they hope will eventually represent players nationwide. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

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Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter center, and College Athletes Players Association president Ramogi Huma, left, listen while United Steelworkers president Leo Gerard speaks during a news conference in Chicago on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Calling the NCAA a dictatorship, Colter and the Steelworkers announced plans Tuesday to form the first labor union for college athletes--the latest salvo in the bruising fight over whether amateur players should be paid. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

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Duffy's Irish Pub at 2106 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, January 29, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Duffy's Irish Pub at 2106 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, January 29, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sidney Chambers of Hyattsville, Md., second from right, and Shakira Smith of Largo, Md. center, share a plate of wings together at the bar at Duffy's Irish Pub at 2106 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, January 29, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)