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A University of Iowa professor advising athletics called the rules prohibiting student-athletes from making money “sinister” and unfair, saying the players should share in real income, not just scholarships.“Those days are over where you can take advantage of the athlete like that,” Michael Wright, an associate professor of molecular physiology and biophysics, told athletics director Gary Barta during the Presidential Committee on Athletics meeting Thursday afternoon.