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Nevada Congresswoman Speaks Out against Ban on College-Sports Betting.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, February, 2002
By Tony Batt, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 14--WASHINGTON--Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., on Wednesday called for a federal investigation of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, which is trying to ban Nevada sports books from taking bets on college athletic events.
Testifying before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on trade and consumer protection, Berkley charged the NCAA is abusing the power it has acquired from the labor of college athletes.
"A full congressional study would uncover an organization dedicated to the proposition of taking care and protecting itself and doing as little as possible to take care and protect the student athletes," Berkley said.
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