… plus incentives.’
Ah the good old days, when a public university – the University of South Florida – decided to dedicate huge sums of scarce money to its first football coach, Jim Leavitt.
So what if Leavitt motivated his players by slapping them around? Drain a university of money to win games; spend millions on bullies who win games.
I mean, it’s just done. It’s just the sort of thing that’s done at American universities:
[USF Coach] Leavitt’s 12-day old apology [for hitting the player] came one day after [University of] Kansas coach Mark Mangino resigned amid an investigation into his treatment of his players, including verbal abuse or having inappropriate physical contact with his players.
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To be sure, sometimes the behavior is so – well – out there that people do complain. Then you have to fire the coach. It wouldn’t do to have the richest, most powerful, highest profile person on campus constantly referred to in the nation’s press as vicious. I mean, somewhere, deep down, you still think of yourself as a university… rather than a bloody scrimmage…
And that’s when the real dollars start flying. You fire, they sue.
“USF agreed to pay Leavitt $2.75 million.” To go away.
The University of South Florida: WE PAY YOU TO BEAT UP OUR STUDENTS.
January 13th, 2011 at 9:15AM
Hardly seems fair — I beat up my students for much less pay. Perhaps I should send them a CV…