Paul, you mean Myles Brand, the guy who makes $835,000 a year making sure the NCAA spends its $464 million annual budget, is worried about money? Yeah, could be.

Brand, philosophy prof that he was, must know he is setting up a false dichotomy, so that when money for athletic programs as educational endeavors falls short, universities can run to commercial underwriters with a “clear” conscience. University presidents, all denials and evidence to the contrary, truly believe a big athletic program can be a cash cow.

Lucky for us we will get a clear test case on April 28th when the NCAA’s board of directors, made up of university presidents, will vote on a plan to add a 12th football game to the regular season. This is all about trying to grab more revenue with one more home game, and does not even rise to the NCAA’s sad debasement of the intrinsic value of athletic competition.

A vote for 12th game will tell us the universities intend to operate for-profit entertainment arms and do not much care who knows about it.