Blog #2, first half (You'll understand in a second.)

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The blog will probably get banned just for that headline alone. I honestly would not be surprised if someone from the NCAA is monitoring this right now. I had to sign a release form to be able to blog. No lie. It's a one-page agreement that I probably should have read better. There are rules about what I can write about, how many times I can blog per half (5), how many times I can blog at halftime (1), and probably a rule a rule about calling the NCAA obsessive and crazy in a blog headline. Of well. You gotta take risks in life.

I just paid for the internet connection with the company credit card (thank you, Bee) and of course the NCAA dishes those connections out for $16 and change per day. No other option unless you've got one of those handy Verizon cards, which I do not. Well then I tried to walk down to the court with a Coke in my hand and a security guard said I couldn't do that. Oh, I figured, there must be no drinks allowed down by the court. I've never been to The Pit before. No, that wasn't it. You're just not allowed to have anything courtside that doesn't have an NCAA logo on it. They handed me an NCAA cup, sponsored by Dasani, and I poured my Coke into it. I couldn't possibly me making that up. Wow.

I like the fact that the NCAA is keeping me from working too excessively. (Not that I've ever blogged five times in a half. What am I, a machine?) My editors will never believe me if I don't bring back a copy of the agreement. Maybe I should get the NCAA to negotiate my next contract. Mr. James and/or his blog agree to no more than five columns per month.