<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Get The Picture]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://blutarsky.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Senator Blutarsky]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://blutarsky.wordpress.com/author/blutarsky/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Envy and jealousy:  it&#8217;s about the players&nbsp;edition]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Now I realize that &#8220;check out the hypocrisy of college athletics!&#8221; articles are a dime a dozen these days, but damn, <a href="http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/48177900/" target="_blank">this one&#8217;s</a> really well written.  This line in particular just about made me swoon:</p>
<blockquote><p>In 2011, Slive &#8212; a man whose joy-evoking athletic talent has never inspired a single jersey purchase, let alone a lucrative television rights bidding war &#8212; <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/sec/2013/01/22/southeastern-conference-commissioner-mike-slive-pay-sec-million/1856977/">reportedly received nearly $1.6 million in compensation</a> from a conference that is considered a non-profit organization by the Internal Revenue Service.</p></blockquote>
<p>I only wish there&#8217;d been some way to fit a Michael Adams reference in there somewhere.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re jonesing for a heavy dose of sarcasm this morning, go no further.</p>
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