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College Athletes: Amateurs or Paid Professionals?

There's big money in college bowl games, but none trickles down to the people who bring in the audiences who watch on TV. Should players get a piece of the action?

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By Warren Olney • Jan 2, 2014 • 51m Listen

There's big money in all those college bowl games, but none of it trickles down to the people who bring in the audiences who watch on TV. In this rebroadcast of today's To the Point, is it time for the players to get a piece of the financial action? Also, Russians plan extreme security measures for 2014 Sochi Olympics, and a new documentary that offers a street-level view of two years of rebellion in Cairo's Tahrir Square.

Banner image: Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel playing against the LSU Tigers on October 20, 2012 at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. Photo: Shutterbug459

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