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The University of Kentucky's Board of Trustees took a major step Thursday toward taking control of the university's high-profile sports program, which now is formally overseen by the separately incorporated University of Kentucky Athletic Association, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported. A special committee of the university's board approved a recommendation that the board of the athletic association -- which approves the sports department's budget -- be dissolved, so that the athletics program would ultimately report to the trustees. Kentucky is one of a relatively small number of big-time sports programs (mainly in the South) that are overseen by freestanding entities designed to ensure that no state money flows to athletics.
