Connecticut Today with Paul Pacelli: Paying Athletes For Academic Performance?

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Connecticut Today with Paul Pacelli: Paying Athletes For Academic Performance?

On Thursday’s “Connecticut Today,” host Paul Pacelli talked about UConn participating in a plan to pay its student-athletes for achievement in the classroom. Is that fair to other students? (0:44). Connecticut Director of Government Relations for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Bryte Johnson talked about a proposal to finally use some national tobacco settlement money on youth anti-smoking efforts (12:12). Yankee Institute of Connecticut President Carol Platt Liebau responded to criticism pointed at her organization from some members of the General Assembly (21:39).

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