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New NCAA Plan Would Pay Colleges Whose Athletes Do Well in Class

By BRAD WOLVERTON

A plan approved on Thursday by the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I Board of Directors would pay colleges up to $100,000 each if their athletes do particularly well in the classroom and a high percentage of them graduate every year.

The biggest payouts would go to colleges whose...

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