INLAND FIELDHOUSE

Saw this today running across ESPN.com:

“Casey Martinez of Corona, Calif., owns an apparel company known as Corn Fed. He signed a contract with Nebraska in June 2007 that entitles Nebraska to a 10 percent royalty on Corn Fed products bearing the Huskers’ logo. The Los Angeles Times first reported the agreement.”

So Martinez’s dad has a contractual obligation of give his son’s university 10 percent of the sales of a certain product? And his son gets to be the football team’s starting quarterback?

Not a bad move.

The trickiest part is fooling the NCAA into believing that the arrangement preceeds Martinez’s enrollment. But that shouldn’t be too hard. Photoshop some documents with 2007 dates, and fax’em to the NCAA. Bang, you’re good.

Martinez played at three Inland Area high schools (Corona Santiago, San Bernardino Cajon and Corona Centennial), and could become just the third freshman in the history of Division I NCAA football to rush for 1,000 yards and pass for 1,000 yards with more than 60 rushing yards tonight against Washington in the Holiday Bowl.

Not bad for a kid who was, and apparantly still is… Corn Fed.

It’s a clothing brand that includes university-themed apparel. Whatever. It’s paying for every mistake Taylor makes, now and every season until he declares for the NFL Draft.

And what’s 10 percent of not very much? Exactly.