How much money goes to U of M athletes
Last year, a U.S. District judge finalized a settlement permitting university athletic departments around the country to distribute up to $20.5 million annually in revenue to student athletes. This past week, for the first time ever, the University of Memphis disclosed it paid $11 million to student-athletes under revenue sharing. Today, the U of M Board of Trustees will hear a presentation on that program, and we're asking sports editor David Boyd all of our questions about how this all works. Plus: Brent Taylor faces a potential Democratic challenger in the August state primaries Two former…
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