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Michigan governor signs college athlete compensation bills

by Anna Liz Nichols
| December 31, 2020 9:03 AM

LANSING, Mich (AP) — For the first time in state history, college athletes in Michigan will be able to get paid for the use of their names and likeness under legislation signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

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