Nov 9, 2011 -- 10:54PM, jane2 wrote:

Just watched the Penn State spokesman on Lawrence O'Donnel's "Last Word".

Penn State admin is scapegoating Coach Paterno for the university's malfeasance. Let the investigation go forward into that malfeasance. Big money, big contracts, yada,yada.

 

 

More than one person or entity can be guilty.

In this case there is plenty of guilt to go around.

The fsct that the university is guilty of possible MIS-feasance and NON-feasance does not necessarily make Joe any less morally guilty for his failure to do everything he could to protect the victims.

Doing the very LEAST when vulnerable children's welfare is at stake is not anything to brag about or be congratulated for,

(Are you really trying to excuse Ole Joe for not even making a follow-up phone call to find out what had been done to protect the child?)

Nov 9, 2011 -- 10:16PM, Do_unto_others wrote:

Could someone tell me why a college football coach earns $1million+ salary? What does a lecturer at Penn State earn?

 

The world has its priorities all wrong.

Because students and fans spend a lot of money (millions) to see the games, buy the team's gear, etc...?

Nov 9, 2011 -- 10:16PM, Do_unto_others wrote:

Could someone tell me why a college football coach earns $1million+ salary? What does a lecturer at Penn State earn?

 

The world has its priorities all wrong.

A college football coach in our area got fired for being a rotten coach and he walked off with a golden parachute of a MILLION dollars.

These guys supposedly make a lot of money for the colleges and thst's supposed to justify the salaries.

The truth is that the money gets plowed right back into the STHLETIC DEARTMENT--usually into the football program--and NOT to the library for books for all etc......

I did s big report on these practices during the NCAA scandals a few years ago.

 (The really big money that teh coaches make is from endorsements of athletic equipment. That's why you see all thsoe ads around arenas and football fields.

Our previous basketball coach make over $2 million dollars per year in endorsements from Nike alone.

And he had endorsement deals with five or six other companies as well.)

Nope.

In most departments the money the team makes from things like bowl games etc goes right back into THAT program only. The line about "supporting women's athletic programs etc" is just that--a line.

To get that info though you really have to look closely at the budgets for each ddepartment. Very time consuming and they won't always let the pertinent info out--even for publicly supported colleges.

Ask the women on softball teams just what kind of accommodations they get when they're on the road versus what the football players have.

And what kind of equipment the women's basketball team is supplied with versus the men's basketball team's etc.

Nov 9, 2011 -- 10:54PM, jane2 wrote:

Just watched the Penn State spokesman on Lawrence O'Donnel's "Last Word".

Penn State admin is scapegoating Coach Paterno for the university's malfeasance. Let the investigation go forward into that malfeasance. Big money, big contracts, yada,yada.

Big business, including television, will have the last laugh. Who will corral them?

No one, basically, because the last laugh has already been had.

Thanks, Jane, for adding your pleas for justice and sanity.