Ghorb is the parent of 812 affiliate companies which, according to estimates by the U.S. Treasury Department and Western intelligence services cited by Time Magazine, collectively employ around 40, 000 people and have won approximately 1, 700 government contracts, including billions of dollars in energy-related contracts awarded without a competitive bidding process.

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But allowing schools to engage in a bidding war to compensate top college athletes renders its own set of problems including a worsening of competitive imbalance.

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