Lacking in sympathy

Even in a story about some fairly outrageous political wankery – and it’s hard to see how you can describe an attempt to leverage football recruits to influence the state legislature to reappoint a university trustee as anything else – the AP can’t resist the opportunity to throw a shot in the football program’s direction:

While the Gamecocks have been mediocre for years, the football team and coach Steve Spurrier draw massive fan support in a state with no professional sports.

The whole thing’s enough to make a man throw his visor.