We're sure they'll get around to it eventually: "In a conference call Thursday, N.C.A.A. leaders said that they would consider paying student-athletes full scholarship cost, raising standards for incoming recruits and stiffening graduation requirements for postseason play and bowl game eligibility. But after a year defined by off-field scandal, the meetings failed to address the N.C.A.A.'s most corrosive problems: middlemen who sell players, summer basketball coaches who broker deals with boosters and the abuse in payments for unofficial visits. … Two key people who did not attend the meetings were Mike Slive, the commissioner of the Southeastern Conference, and his counterpart in the Big Ten, Jim Delany. Few would dispute that they are the most powerful men in college sports. Although the presidents of Hope College and Molloy College might have provided keen insight into the future of college athletics, they are not exactly the rainmakers." [New York Times]

Favre speaks. And he's definitely done. But he's still an asshole: "‘I don't have that feeling, that chip on my shoulder,' said Favre, the NFL's all-time leader in numerous passing categories. ‘I mean, I could easily talk myself into that chip on my shoulder like, ‘Hey everybody hates you,' … I could motivate myself.'" [Kissing Suzy Kolber]

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