October 26, 2006
Lawmaker Challenges College-Sports Exemption
In the latest salvo in what appears to be a growing interest on Capitol Hill in an investigation of college athletics, a congressman has asked the National Collegiate Athletic Association to justify the tax-exempt status of big-time sports programs.
That request came in a letter to the association's president, Myles Brand, from Rep. Bill Thomas, a California Republican and chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means.
"Most of the activities undertaken by educational
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