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University of Kentucky track & field athlete Masai Russell during practice at the Nutter Field House in Lexington, Ky., Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. Russell is among a cohort of NCAA women's athletes who are making a name for themselves on social media. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

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'Set me up for life': Female college athletes stash NIL cash
By ERICA HUNZINGER - AP Sports Writer
Tue,03/01/22-12:23PM , 267 Reads
A figure sprints toward the camera along a walkway at an apartment complex, first in real time, then in slow motion before going back to real time. The woman is dressed in a tracksuit, she’s fast and the spoken word-song playing over the video says “it’s me against me.”
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