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Sen. Chris Murphy says college athletes getting inadequate health care

Hartford, Conn. • U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy released a report Monday calling on NCAA schools to do more to provide health care to their student athletes.

The report is the last of three from the Connecticut Democrat dealing with issues surrounding players and the money generated by college athletics.

Murphy, who co-chairs a bipartisan congressional working group on athlete compensation with Utah Republican Mitt Romney, also announced they would meet Tuesday with NCAA President Mark Emmert to discuss developing national policies for paying athletes.

The senator released a report in March critical of how little college athletes benefit from the profits generated by sports.