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Dave Peterson: Big-money sports’ pull on UW sickening

Dear Editor: Please don’t let this Big Ten Network fiasco be swept under some rug.

I have no problem with the NFL Network. That’s professional sports and, of course, all about money.

But Chancellor John Wiley and his highness Barry Alvarez really sold out to the greed of the athletic department with its luxury boxes and ridiculous ticket pricing, with a pittance going to UW-Madison programs.