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TribLive: Patterson on Paying Student-Athletes

At our 5/15 TribLive conversation, Steve Patterson, the men's athletics director at the University of Texas, waded into the controversy over whether student-athletes should be paid.

by Evan Smith

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At our 5/15 TribLive conversation, Steve Patterson, the men's athletics director at the University of Texas, waded into the controversy over whether student-athletes should be paid.

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