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With the "Super Bowl" fast approaching, Sharky&Sharky thought it appropriate to bring to your attention just how deeply sports driven greed has affected this country.

No longer are colleges the monetary incubation starting point into which Big Sports has evolved, high schools want in as well.

Enter Broward School Board in Florida. Blanche Ely High School wants a new state-of-the-art scoreboard and is willing to sacrifice in order to get it. Sacrifice what you may ask? Needless educational things like: school repairs, new computers, buses and books. What student needs anything more than a scoreboard with an incorporated 7 1/2 x 24 foot video screen? The hell with education.

And of course, Blanche Ely is a traditionally black high school that has felt slighted over the years as other schools have technologically moved on with their scoreboards.

Board member Patricia Good is awaiting feedback from superintendent Robert Runcie before making a decision. Why? According to Good, "I need to hear from him on how this would impact our revenue." Looks like a lot of advertisements from the likes of McDonalds are slated to appear on this much "needed" scoreboard.