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  • Feds look to tighten loophole in system

    11/28/2005 11:43:19 AM PST · by .cnI redruM · 14 replies · 904+ views
    ESPN.com ^ | Updated: Nov. 26, 2005, 2:51 PM ET | Unsigned
    A number of college athletes, including several football players at the University of Iowa and other Top 25 schools, are living in apartments set aside for the poorest Americans. The investigation found some of the most successful programs in college athletics have players living in subsidized housing, including Virginia Tech, which has 19 players living in Cambridge Square apartments, a federally-subsidized Section 8 complex in Blacksburg paid for by the government to house needy people. Section 8 refers to federal code that includes subsidized housing. As first brought to light by the Des Moines Register, dozens of full-scholarship Hawkeyes players,...