Job ad here:
RESPONSIBILITIES:
This position manages and directs the daily food production of the HDC kitchen and the Founders Club kitchen to prepare meals and snacks meals for student-athlete and catered events. The Sous Chef ensures high culinary standards are followed, food production schedules are met, and food safety and sanitation regulations are maintained. Assist Kitchen Manager, Director of Sports Nutrition with ordering, menu planning and scheduling. This position supervises a staff of 2+ classified staff, plus student and temporary employees. The Supervising Cook reports to the Director of Sports Nutrition. This position is a full-time, annual, and works from July 1 through June 30h each year. Responsible for promoting the philosophy and objectives of the Intercollegiate Athletics Department, including adherence to all department policies and procedures, as well as the rules and regulations of the University of Oregon, Pac-12 Conference and the NCAA.
6/26/2014 update: O’Bannon v. NCAA case to decide if “student-athletes” will get paid
In the Chronicle, Brad Wolverton calls round 1 for O’Bannon, but predicts the NCAA will do better on appeal. Certainly this will go on for years.
6/16/2014: The trial is now in week two, and the discovery process has already yielded a plethora of documents from the secretive NCAA. Paying the athletes might mean a major salary hit for football coaches, athletic directors, and for the non-revenue sports athletes that currently free-ride off the unpaid labor of college football players. On the other hand, universities will no longer have to compete for players using wasteful absurdities like the University of Nike Football Palace’s barber shop, lovingly described by UO athletics strategic communicator Craig Pintens here:
If Ed O’Bannon wins, players can be paid in cash, instead of fine soft corinthian leather barber chairs. More valuable to them, and cheaper for UO’s sports boosters. Steve Berkowitz from USA Today has a report on week one of the trial, here. For background, watch this wonderfully offensive South Park video:
Let this stop, already. NEW BOARD MEMBERS… this is THE issue your grandchildren will ask you about. Why you didn’t stop this.
Yet another example of UO Matters’s typical, blatant disregard for truth and accuracy.
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/14/getting-it-right-for-ricardo-montalban/
Yikes! I await the defamation lawsuit letter from Mr. Montalban’s fine, rich attorneys.
Nothing but the softest Corinthian leather for UO Matters
There is much to be said, but to be brief: O’Bannon v. NCAA is about athletes trading on their own likenesses for personal gain, which the NCAA forbids. If this court strikes that down — and successive appeal efforts fail — players will be able to make money in that regard but will not be paid directly by the schools. That would come later, if it all, when athletes realize they’re receiving brain damage for all the time they put into sports.
This is the start of it, nonetheless. Seven decisions to come. The cartel is crumbling from many sides.
“Responsible for promoting the philosophy and objectives of the Intercollegiate Athletics Department”
I wonder whether the philosophy of the intercollegiate athletics department is a document available for public review?