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<p>A side point…it is ironic that Sandusky founded an organization to help at-risk youth and then put them at worse risk.</p>
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<p>Yep… definitely shows. Have you seen his house? </p>
<p>He’s no more arrogant than any other employee of his status. In fact, I’d say he’s much less…</p>
<p>He is arrogant and he hasn’t been doing hismjb years but still draws a huge salary. Hisnego and hold on that school are so huge that he can’t let go. He hasn’t been a coach for years, others do the work, yet he basks and takes credit for their work. That is arrogance.</p>
<p>Seahorse- how are you so sure of the things you post?</p>
<p>As for the NCAA being involved, sandusky was recruiting for Penn state, and thus was around minors. The ncaa is supposed to regulate recruiting if I’m not mistaken, and it it turns out Penn state knew they had a child molester recruting minors, that might be an issue. Just a thought.</p>
<p>It is an NCAA matter if they say it is.</p>
<p>Hops_scout: When he declared that the trustees should not consider his job status, in effect telling them to but out, that was arrogance. In fact it was so arrogant it forced the trustees hand because they had to show that the college was in charge of the football program not the other way around. And his offensive remarks about the victims early on the week capped it off. If this ain’t arrogance, it will do till arrogance comes along</p>
<p>Its been known that for years he doesn’t call the plays, hasn’t been involved in recruiting, and handed off most of his responsibilities to the assistant coaches. This no secret. His health has been shaky for years.</p>
<p>That is no different than it was for many of the long time coaches.</p>
<p>I think, after great retrospection, that the current team should voluntarily not play out the rest of the season, in honor of the victims. This program has to do SOMETHING to show contriteness. ***?</p>
<p>Actually I would settle for them not going to a bowl game</p>
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<p>Except the sexual-crimes-against-children statistical measure.</p>
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Which, by far, outweighs every and any other statistical measure.</p>
<p>Slightly off-topic, but the salaries of football coaches shows how the market for coaches has corrupted universities. While these coaches run programs that can bring money to the university and fund other programs, that economic power gives coaches far more clout than they should have at universities whose primary focus should be education and research. Coaches should not earn a larger salary from public universities than the most highly paid professors on campus, and certainly not more than the president of the university. The market may show that coaches have far more economic value than the top professors, but they do not have more intrinsic value and universities, as bastions of research, education, and culture, should be organized more on conceptions of intrinsic value than market value.</p>
<p>Highest football paid coach, Mack Brown, UT Austin.
He makes 8 TIMES as much as the University President!!!</p>
<p>Mack Brown Intercollegiate Athletics Head Coach $5,166,667
Richard D Barnes Intercollegiate Athletics Head Coach $2,206,945
Gail Ann Goestenkors Intercollegiate Athletics Head Coach $1,060,000
August E Garrido Jr Intercollegiate Athletics Head Coach $900,000
Darrell D Dodds Intercollegiate Athletics Athletic Director $705,269
William C Powers Jr OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT President $613,612
Thomas W Gilligan MCCOMBS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Dean $537,500</p>
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<p>And how much of it comes from tax dollars?</p>
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<p>Those professors better start bringing in the donations…</p>
<p>Bogney, Not so off topic. The fear of losing these programs lead to coverups of all kinds of misdeeds. I also wonder how much “benefit” the schools actually get. Most of the money looks like it is plowed right back into the football program</p>
<p>It would be insane for Penn State to go to a Bowl game. It would be a “Celebration” of a program that put itself before the safety and well being of children. Now how vile would that be.</p>
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<p>Eliminate these big football programs and you eliminate ALL female sports.</p>
<p>My dad is associated with the University of Texas athletics programs, which make a lot of money for the school. Tax dollars are NOT used. The football program ALONE made $87.5 million last year. Licensed items bring in over $10 million a year. By state law, no tax dollars are used for the program.</p>
<p>The athletics program gives $5-10 million a year back to the University.</p>
<p>So, hops_scout, I guess the COACHES are the ones bringing in the money.</p>
<p>barrons, apparently NCAA does want to find out if they should be held accountable. <a href=“N.C.A.A. Plans Inquiry Into Institutional Control at Penn State - The New York Times”>N.C.A.A. Plans Inquiry Into Institutional Control at Penn State - The New York Times;
<p>Here’s a question I wondered about. (Maybe this was already discussed?) What would have been the reaction to all this if Sandusky had been raping a young girl instead of young boys? I suppose McQ would be even more forthright about his duties if there was a girl in the showers instead of a young boy. But I think it’s really sad to think this bevavior went on for so long because it was a boy and not a girl.</p>
<p>hops, yes that’s one rationale as to why presidents aren’t paid at the same level as the coaches. But presidents aren’t necessarily a super public guy the way the coaches are and it’s gotten much, much worse over the past few years. Look at the history of those two salaries and I bet you’d see it wasn’t always big money for the coaches. I think all sports figures are overpaid and having such an emphasis on sports (and salaries), hasn’t been good for education in this country.</p>