Dive Brief:

• A CNN investigation finds universities nationwide where some basketball and football players have reading skills no better than an eighth-grader's.
• The investigation also revealed a big academic gap between college athletes and other students at the same schools.
• The data comes from 21 schools that responded to record requests.

Dive Insight:

College athletics are big business and so huge amounts of money are tied to school sports programs. Part of the scandal here is that this is happening at public universities — places where taxpayer money flows.