Universal Pictures has picked up movie rights to the recent New York Times article "In College Football, Big Paydays for Humiliation" which Jack Black will produce reports the trades.
Black's new company Electric Dynamite (replacing his old Black & White masthead) has a two-year, first-look deal with Universal and Black himself will appear in the film, but NOT star.
The original Pete Thamel-penned article delves into how colleges make small fortunes by serving up their weaker school teams to get crushed by powerhouse nationally ranked teams.
