Academic side to pay $500,00 for NCAA lawyers?

6/24/2011: That’s the drift from George Schroeder’s piece today in the RG. ESPN writes more.

Well, at least they’re not using student tuition to pay the $2 million costs of the athlete only Jock Box tutoring. Oh wait, right. Well, at least they’re not siphoning off state lottery funds to pay tuition for these guys. Oh, wait, right. Well, at least the academic side isn’t paying the salary and expenses for the UO rep to the NCAA. Oh, wait, right. Well at least they’re not making UO faculty and staff subisdize parking for the arena and the jocks. Oh wait, right.