Some Texas lawmakers are upset that Texas basketball coach Rick Barnes is getting a $200,000 raise. They cite the poor Texas economy for the displeasure.
Well, the rift about a college coach getting a big raise in times where other people and other academic departments are hardly hanging on is nothing new.
Life is sometime unfair.
Barnes is receiving no public money, its private funds. Basically, then people can do want they want to with their own money. And even in uncertain economic conditions, rich people will have money. And these people will no doubt give some of it to their favorite college athletic teams.
Could this money be used in a better way: possibly? Still I can assure that they are more people giving funds to the Texas athletic department than the biology department. People do care more about athletics at Texas than science.
People like lawmakers and college facility should save their breath. It isn’t going to change anything. Maybe they should be thankful that at least department on campus is doing well. And maybe they should hope for a trickle down movement to spark other departments.
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