Lightning has struck in West Lafayette!
Not really.
Former NFL quarterback Drew Brees, who participated in a publicity stunt earlier this month based on the creation of the impression that he’d been struck (and possibly killed) by lightning, has joined the Purdue coaching staff on a short-term basis.
Brees, who will work with the team during the transition from Jeff Brohm to Ryan Walters, will be permitted per NCAA rules to work on-field with players and to participate in recruiting activities.
Brees will assist the program through its Citrus Bowl appearance, against LSU.
It’s unclear how Brees’s role with a college football program meshes, or doesn’t, with his status as a brand ambassador for PointsBet sports book. It would seem to be problematic, on the surface, to have a spokesperson for a sports betting operation working as a college football coach.
Either it’s an issue (and it would seem to be), or it’s open season -- and every college football coach can make a little extra money by getting people to bet on college football games.
