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A statue of football legend Red Grange stands outside the University of Illinois stadium.

Words to Understand commission: the fee made by an agent; it’s a percentage of the value of a client’s contract endorsement: a deal in which a person, in this case an athlete, is paid to promote or help sell a product or service interns: people who work at jobs for experience rather than pay

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