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WASHINGTON, D.C. Two former college coaches and an advocacy group are calling for a ban on beer ads during college sports broadcasts.
Former University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith and Tom Osborne, former head coach of the University of Nebraska football team who is now a Republican Congressman from Nebraska, joined the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Science in the Public Interest on Wednesday in asking universities to stop accepting money from alcohol advertisers.
According to a poll from the advocacy group, seven in 10 Americans think beer companies that advertise on college sports know their messages appeal to underage drinkers.
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