Many American universities are known around the country not for their academic accomplishments, but for their football or basketball teams. Hear how the commercialization of college sports creates conflicts for traditional academic values, as universities strive to succeed in athletics, with author and Duke University Public Policy Professor Charles Clotfelter.
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