… hadn't really focused on how college athletics is something that is unique in the United States. No other country has anything remotely resembling what we have here with college sports. There are today more than a half million college athletes right now every year. Athletics enables kids, many kids from low income homes, many minority kids who otherwise might not have had a chance to go to college. (06:20–06:28)
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Asserts that there are over 500,000 college athletes annually.
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