But the players don't deserve any money...remember that

When I first saw this ad last year, I literally laughed, not because it was funny, but because the message behind the propaganda couldn't have been more clear unless the ad actually said, "SEE! STOP ASKING US WHY PLAYERS AREN'T GETTING PAID!'


If you think that ad is justification for not allowing the people responsible for bringing in the ungodly sums college sports raises every year, I give you this report from ESPN. Some of the highlights:

-- After having to buy tickets Arkansas reported a measly $5,525 profit from the 2011 Sugar Bowl, while Ohio State made $288,876.

-- Meanwhile, the bowl's chief execituve, Paul Hoolahan, made $593,718.

But the players get scholarships and bowl game "swag bags" (at least in football, I have no idea what basketball players get, much less those awful "non-revenue" sports), so it's all good.