Brand's Pay From the NCAA: $935,000

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Texas Tech Monday Morning Notes - Room For Three Edition
Published 8/18/2008 by Seth C at Double-T Nation
... forget to check out the updated depth chart and let me know if I've missed anything. There's really a lot of movement at almost every position other than the receiver, which could happen if some injured guys don't get back on the field.   DTN's Top Nine: Smart Football with an incredibly detailed look at the A-11 Offense. If you spend your time reading about football today, let this be it. Da Wiz on Myles Brand's paycheck. The Phelps-Cavic photo ...

Remember This
Published 8/18/2008 by Tar Heel Fan at Tar Heel Fan
... to a million dollar per year charter service.  According to the Indianopolis Star, Brand received a 4% raise and is one of eight NCAA employees that bring in over $275,000 annually. Nice work if you can get it I guess. I understand he has a complex job but at the same time seeing the head of an tax exempt organization raking in that kind of money when they were unable to put a decent floor down during the NCAA opening rounds is a little ridiculous. Hat tip: Wizard of Odds

Suing The NCAA Is Big Business
Published 8/18/2008 at FanHouse
... not a fan of big-dollar over-the-top litigation, but it's hard to be sympathetic towards the NCAA here. I don't necessarily think they need to pay athletes, but the time is coming soon to end the charade that they're really amateurs -- particularly when the NCAA gets shaken a little and over $200 million falls out. Previously at FanHouse NCAA President Myles Brand Is Paid $895,000 To Do What, Exactly? (H/T: The Wizard of Odds)   Permalink | Email this |  ...

PM Roundup: D Wade Got Booed at the Great Wall
Published 8/18/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
Courtesy of GQ: The women of Friday Night Lights. Very eager for this show’s return next month. This is hilarious: Radio host claims scoop, newspaper media writer says it was an educated guess. (Post-Gazette) Ben Gordon has played his last game as a Chicago Bull, probably. (Chicago Tribune) Myles Brand of the NCAA is clocking just under a mil per year. (Wizard of Odds) Michael Phelps could be worth $100 million. (Wall Street Journal) Wow, now that’s an obsession. (ESPN ...

Early Midnight Madness produces "Emergency legislation" by the NCAA
Published 18 days ago by Truzenzuzex at A Sea Of Blue
... ) for what it does, and pays its president (the aforementioned Brand) almost $1 million per year -- to do what, make rules that even modestly educated people could improve upon?  Worse, the organization can't even figure out what it's true mission is, figuring that ...