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Report: SAT scores lower for athletes.(NEWSWATCH)

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Football and men's basketball players average hundreds of points lower on college entrance exams than their peers, according to a study of 54 public universities.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found that football players scored an average of 220 points lower than classmates and men's basketball players' scores were 7 points lower than the football players.

At 346 points, the University of Florida has the biggest gap between football players and peers. UCLA has won more NCAA ...

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