You know, the NCAA gets wound up about a lot of things ... so how about this one?

The Texas A&M football coach, Dennis Franchione, has been selling what amounts to an insider's tip sheet to an elite group of Aggie boosters for $1,200 a pop. Apparently, this has been going on for three years. Franchione now says he'll no longer do it and is refunding the money.

The newsletter, titled VIP Connection, listed injury information not otherwise available to the public and passed along Franchione's unvarnished opinions about players and their skills.

Franchione dismissed gambling concerns saying that subscribers were "asked ...to sign something," apparently saying that they would not use the closely held information for those purposes. And besides, the coach said, "these people are tremendously loyal Aggies."

While the newsletter -- which was written by Franchione's personal assistant -- may appear to be expensive, reportedly there were only about a dozen subscribers. And Franchione insisted that he didn't personally profit but that proceeds went to underwrite his Web site, coachfran.com. The kicker to this surprising little tale is that Franchione already makes about $2 million a year on a deal that runs through 2011.