Big-time athletics always lifts the tone on campus. Northern Kentucky University students are currently focused on just what Athletic Director Scott Eaton did to make him hightail it out of town. The school will only say he’s been fired for ethics violations — and, I mean, fired immediately, with letters and lawyers and all…
So, as the student editorial I quote in my title suggests, it might be nice to know what’s going on, what manner of man the school hired and paid big bucks to not long ago. It goes without saying that a big part of Eaton’s job has involved lecturing students on morality… Leadership, teamwork, integrity, you know the drill.
So what’s up?
UD has covered stories of coach and AD miscreants for years, and she will share with you her guess on this one.
UD‘s gonna go with sex. She’s willing to throw some alcohol abuse into the mix, but she’s basically going to call this one as messing with the undergrads. The school claims it’s not financial; it also claims NKU won’t get in trouble with NCAA sanctions as a result of whatever Eaton did. That would seem to leave hanky-panky.
April 1st, 2013 at 3:46AM
Sounds about right. Sexual. Maybe not an undergrad, but that fits the bill.
April 1st, 2013 at 6:46AM
According to the President’s statement, the AD was fired for his failure to conform his behavior to NKU’s “ethical principals.” What do you suppose those are?
April 1st, 2013 at 7:32AM
Another possibility is that the university got some ‘person of interest’ queries from local law enforcement. A dedicated con artist is always on the lookout for a scam, and Eaton may well have a record of dubious dealings. In any event, if it’s not sex, it’s money.
April 1st, 2013 at 8:14AM
Ooh la la, Doug, I didn’t even catch that! Thanks. Scathing Online Schoolmarm will do something with it. UD
April 1st, 2013 at 10:27AM
No, I’ll go with sex. “Person of interest” not enough – there’d have to be word that an indictment is imminent. Action like this, I think, bespeaks a very serious internal matter, and if it’s ethical but not athletic or financial, it’s almost got to be sex (given that with ADs plagiarism and faked research aren’t issues).