FIRERICKNEUHEISEL.COM

If you were expecting to get a chance to vent your frustrations on the possibilities of firing Rick Neuheisel, I'm sorry. It worries me that college football has gotten to where it is the focal point in one's life. Checking message boards, poring over recruiting information on 15 year old high school kids, calling sports radio shows in May to talk about college football is not healthy.

But, I'm not one to stand in the way of someone's obsession. If you really, really want to buy this domain name, I will do that. Here are the terms of sale:

• You must donate $75,000 to the University of Colorado-Boulder General Scholarship Fund to give a chance for those people who actually want a college education to better receive one.
• You must donate $75,000 to the University of Washington Scholarships for Students Program to give a chance for those people who actually want a college education to better receive one.
• You must donate $100,000 to the Teach for America program, because there's no better way to stop this cycle of using sports as a focal point for school than at the beginning.

I am not trying to profit from this at all. I am simply hoping that if you have the means to support the college football-industrial complex, you could steer that money towards more worthwhile causes.

--Mike Burger, 26 October 2004