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BCS Bowls Pay $0 to Players, but Lobbyist J.C. Watts Gets $620,000

By Michael David SmithMay 8th 2009 – 1:58PM

The hypocrisy of the NCAA's celebration of "amateur" athletics is hardest to stomach when we're reminded just how much money is paid to everyone other than the players. The latest example? Former Congressman (and Oklahoma quarterback) J.C. Watts was paid $620,000 to work as a lobbyist in Washington on behalf of the BCS.The...

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Samuel L. Jackson: I Voted For Obama 'Because He Was Black'

By Alana Horowitz Feb 12th 2012 - 03:20PM

Samuel L. Jackson made a surprising confession in the March issue of Ebony.

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Allen West May Quit Congressional Black Caucus Over Andre Carson's Tea Party Comments

By Gene Demby Aug 31st 2011 - 01:28PM

Allen West, a Republican congressman from Florida and a champion of Tea Party groups, said he was mulling quitting the Congressional Black Caucus after Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind), the CBC whip, accused tea party groups of being racist.

Background on JC Watts

Julius Caesar "J. C." Watts, Jr. (born November 18, 1957) is an American politician from Oklahoma who was a college football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners and professionally in the Canadian Football League.

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