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Monson: College football coaches like Matt Wells, who use their players to move on to bigger paychecks, follow a proud, hypocritical American tradition

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Standing on the Utah State indoor practice field, Matt Wells answered all the questions that day, all except for one.

He told me what a great talent Jordan Love was, how well he prepared for games, how steady he had become, what a great leader he was, how unselfish a kid he is, the whole 10 yards, good for another Aggies first down.

And when the head coach was done singing his quarterback’s praises, his team’s praises, he turned to walk across the turf to somewhere, wherever coaches go after practice, and that’s when I asked him the question he left unanswered: “What are you going to do with the millions of dollars you’ll be offered by some other school when this season is over?