Sorry about the lack of posts lately. I had been dealing with a nasty since infection and pounding headache, but thankfully I seem on the mend now.
There was quite a bite of college football news this last week. I will mention just three.
Congratulations to Baylor’s Robert Griffin III (RG3) for winning the Heisman Trophy. What an outstanding young man representing Baylor and the college football world. When we get down about all the negative aspects and problems in college football, we need to remember the good stuff such as positive roles models like RG3.
Why did Charlie Weiss become the coach at Kansas? I can see the Jayhawk’s point. Kansas went for name recognition and putting people in the seats. But Weiss left a high profile offensive coordinator job at Florida for Lawrence, Kansas. Is it a promotion? Does Charlie really want to become a head coach again (see Notre Dame) that badly? I think Weiss fits better in the NFL than the NCAA.
Todd Graham left Pittsburgh after only one season for Arizona State. He has also left Rice after one season besides coaching at Tulsa. This guy has a history of short stints and if I was Arizona State I would keep my list of potential replacements stuck on the telephone. But Graham has been stimulating the economy with moving vans and real estate transactions.
Readers: Anything strike your fancy in the last week or so of the college changes?
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Showing posts with label Charlie Weiss. Show all posts
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
College Sports is Big Business
If you need any further confirmation college sports is big business, just consider Charlie Weiss.
The Chicago Tribune reported recently that Notre Dame gave the fired coach more than $6.6 million at departure time a couple years ago. Plus, the Irish will continue to pay him into the year 2015.
The term “Sorry Charlie” doesn’t fit in this case.
I guess universities believe they need to pay these kinds of severance packages to stay competitive. As I said before, paying a coach big-time money to actually coach a team is one thing, but to pay him big-time money not to coach is another. There is one word that comes to my mind: stupidity.
The scary thing is most universities don’t blink an eye in this situation. They apparently just do a little more fundraising and the debt is history.
Maybe those same universities should start raising money to lessen another debt—the national debit.
The Chicago Tribune reported recently that Notre Dame gave the fired coach more than $6.6 million at departure time a couple years ago. Plus, the Irish will continue to pay him into the year 2015.
The term “Sorry Charlie” doesn’t fit in this case.
I guess universities believe they need to pay these kinds of severance packages to stay competitive. As I said before, paying a coach big-time money to actually coach a team is one thing, but to pay him big-time money not to coach is another. There is one word that comes to my mind: stupidity.
The scary thing is most universities don’t blink an eye in this situation. They apparently just do a little more fundraising and the debt is history.
Maybe those same universities should start raising money to lessen another debt—the national debit.
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