10/3/2011: The NCAA infractions committee comes down hard on Cincinnati: The University of Cincinnati committed a major violation in its women’s basketball program and secondary violations in its women’s basketball and football programs, according to findings by the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions. … and members of the football…
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10/1/2011: The contract is here. I’ve had a few questions about this clause: So, Rob Mullens could indeed fine Kelly for NCAA violations, etc. A day’s pay would be about $20,000, but there’s no upper limit and Kelly would not seem to have much recourse. But I’m guessing this is…
9/30/2011: Lache Seastrunk was recruited by UO under the $25,000 Willie Lyles deal. This summer he transferred to Baylor because he thought it would improve the chances he would get playing time, and someday get an NFL contract where he could make some money off his skills. Not so fast…
9/29/2011: Why is the academic side of UO paying “The Cleaner” to defend Chip Kelly in an NCAA investigation? Shouldn’t the athletic department pay for this? From Ken Goe in the Oregonian: The University of Oregon’s general counsel’s office and athletic department are sharing the cost for the specialty law…
9/29/2011: This will be a long expensive fight: “The NCAA system is a cash cow that generates $750 million in revenue each year without having to pay student-athletes a dime,” said Steve Berman, attorney representing injured NCAA football players and managing partner of Hagens Berman. “These athletes are the ones…
9/28/2011: (Edited in response to an anonymous comment.) Sanne Godfrey of the ODE reports that Frances Dyke and Doug Tripp are all but sure to get final approval for a fully sworn, armed UO Police force, at the 10/7/2011 OUS meeting. And Bill Graves of the Oregonian reports that the…
9/28/2011: … so long as your job doesn’t involve anything academic, like say teaching, or research. Here’s a dump of payments from OUS, in descending order, from Oregon Gov Docs. I just grabbed the first page – didn’t have the heart to see how far down you need to go…
9/26/2011: According to Yahoo sports Willie Lyles took money from Tennessee and used it to pay for airfare for some player’s mother to visit campus on a recruiting visit: An assistant coach during Lane Kiffin’s tenure at the University of Tennessee wired $1,500 to a talent scout in July 2009,…
9/5/2011: Apparently Dave Frohnmayer and Bill Gary are still pursuing their complaint against AG John Kroger’s prosecutor Sean Riddell. From what I can tell Frohnmayer must threaten someone with a defamation lawsuit every day (that’s a joke Dave, I know it’s really only every few months). The latest file includes…
9/24/2011: This graph from UO’s latest report to OUS on our “academic plan” certainly raises the question. See this earlier post for background. Since 2001 undergraduate enrollment has increased 36%, graduate enrollment by less than 10%, and the number of tenure track faculty by less than 10%. Here’s the…
9/28/2011: Today in the the Chronicle: In all, the NCAA took in $741-million in the 2009-10 fiscal year, up from $706-million the previous fiscal year. As a nonprofit organization, the NCAA is not required to pay taxes on its revenues. Their job is riding shotgun on the gravy train for…
9/26/2011: Let’s just say the irony of this email invitation is not lost on those classified staff who have worked with Vice President Dyke: An Invitation to Two Focus Groups for Classified Employees: RESPECTFUL WORKPLACE: HOW ARE WE DOING? The University of Oregon distributes a memo to the Campus Community…
9/26/2011: Two recent opinion pieces in the Oregonian. Both with praise for UO’s ambitions and the importance of that ambition for the state. Steve Duin – not exactly a patsy for UO’s public relations department in the past: What’s not to like about the university’s ambition, in a state where…
9/24/2011: Word down at the faculty club is that one of Interim Provost Lorraine Davis’s first acts was to offer her longtime friend Frances Dyke a job as her special assistant – so she’ll stay on even after we get a real CFO. This is exactly what worried everyone about…
9/24/2011: Breneman is an economist at the UVA Ed school, I think Pernsteiner hired him to consult on the OUS alternative to Lariviere’s new partnership. Or maybe UO hired him to consult on the new partnership. Lariviere wants a UO board, and SB 242 allows one, but Pernsteiner doesn’t want…