Naturally, teams invest salaries in their players with the expectation those players will contribute toward growing revenue as performance on the field draws more fans toward buying tickets, tuning in on television and grabbing up team merchandise.

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"I think some people who are in mathematics, teaching mathematics in college or are in mathematics professions have a much higher expectation of what those standards would be than someone who is going to go into college in another field ... law, social sciences and so forth, " Wilhoit said in an interview Monday.

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