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Money Corrupts: UO As "University Of Nike"

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Phil Knight on the sidelines at a UO football game.

Until the mid-1990s, the rest of the country did not know much about the University of Oregon.  But the improvement of the football team and other sports teams allowed the Ducks to gain a national profile. 

It came with a cost, says investigative journalist Joshua Hunt.  

He points the finger at the massive cash infusions of Nike founder Phil Knight, in a book called

UO does not get off lightly in the heavily-researched book, and other schools come in for scrutiny, too.  The author joins us with a synopsis.  
 

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The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange is ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½'s daily news program focused on issues, people and events across Southern Oregon and Northern California. Angela Decker is the program's senior producer, Charlie Zimmermann is the assistant producer, and Geoffrey Riley hosts the show.