Rick Reilly was making crazy money at Sports Illustrated, but when ESPN offered him money that was, in his words, "ridunklous" he left.

And because of a non-compete clause, Reilly is just hanging out until June 1, getting paid by ESPN for just being him. And what has he been up to? Living the life:

"I just got back from three weeks in Argentina," Reilly says, "and I'm fixing to go to Tahiti, Thailand, New Zealand, Cabo, Europe. I'm going to drink coffee, play the piano, get up, have breakfast, go back to bed and read, and forget the job. They call it a no-compete clause. I call it bliss."

… Reilly is "reading all the books I ditched out on in high school — like Nabokov, who I'd never read before" and adding to his frequent-flier miles. He'll continue doing so for the better part of four months, all the while collecting a massive salary simply for being him.

The jocks win again.

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