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Speaking of shame: The Scandal Bowl
posted by After Atalanta
Friday, September 16, 2011 at 12:45am EDT
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So I've been thinking and discoursing a lot about this Atlantic article about the "shame" of college sports. And I have a lot more to say--it's forthcoming (I think).
Since it seems like the corporatization of college sports isn't going anywhere and given the desire of so many corporations to put their names on everything--including just regular, non-post-season, non-bowl games--my father and I decided that one contest in particular needed such a sponsorship.
This weekend's game between Ohio State and Miami: The Scandal Bowl. Sponsored by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
We're open to other sponsors too. Enron? Goldman Sachs? Bank of America?
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