# Should Taxes/Tuition be used to pay college athletes?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [April 28, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-taxes-tuition-be-used-to-pay-college-athletes/1017593 "2025-04-28T08:52:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-taxes-tuition-be-used-to-pay-college-athletes/1017593/29 "2025-04-30T20:23:29Z")

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[This thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-money-and-us-college-football/988149/35) from two years ago pulled a lot of data together, but came up short of a general consensus on whether college sports make or cost the institutions money.

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