is not the same thing as transparency. New Greg Bolt story on athletic department budgeting, in the RG today, here. Story on Matt Court costs and wildly exaggerated revenue here. In defense of Jamie Moffitt, she did finally post a good chunk of financial info, here, but only after a…
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Update: ODE editorial here.OC post here. 2/22/2012: ODE story here. I like that quip about how much money Randy Geller is already making the students pay for Chip Kelly’s lawyer. Secret video of negotiations here.
2/4/2012: This paen to the Oregon Commentator was Dave Frohnmayer at his best: Picking up a new issue of the Commentator is like acknowledging an unwelcome addictive behavior: It is done furtively, and with a self-loathing shudder. Once more, one can read the juvenile potty mouthed-rants of frustrated student politicos.…
1/18/2012: That’s the word on the $5 million Jock Box gift from John Jaqua’s widow. Greg Bolt explains the basics, here. Duck press release here. And now Rob Mullens has admitted that he is going to use all the proceeds to cover the small part of the maintenance and utilities…
1/17/2012: Looks like B-School prof Dennis Howard is right about how athletic success increases athletic donations, not academic ones. The Rose Bowl win is paying off – for the athletic department. Colton Totland is reporting in the ODE that Robin Jaqua is establishing a $5 million endowment to help pay…
1/1/12: Last week we wrote about how past athletic victories caused UO donors to give more to athletics, and less to academics. Today Sam Stites of the ODE writes on how much Chip Kelly and Rob Mullens will get from the Rose Bowl win etc: $295,000. Not clear if the…
12/29/2011: Review article From Steve Weiberg in USA Today discusses how the faculty and administration have lost control at many schools. It will be interesting to see if Bob Berdahl attempts to deal with this at UO, or passes it on to the permanent president. The article raises an interesting…
12/28/2011: Not state appropriations – so student tuition? It’s all fungible anyway. I like that clause for spouse and dependent children. Our administrators are quite thorough when it comes to nailing down their perks. Go Ducks! Full contract here. She gets a free car, just like Bean – and…
12/27/2011: You know you’ve got a problem when the journalists at Business Week start using your industry as the new example of how money corrupts, instead of Bernie Madoff. Their review article covers Penn State and explains how the academic side can become dependent on football money, then get co-opted…
12/24/2011: Rob, please stop maxing out our Visa card on presents like this – you’re bankrupting us. We’re still trying to get him to show us the contract, but basically athletic director Rob Mullens agreed to accept 60 seconds of air-time during the UO-UCLA broadcast for this FOX produced ad,…
Progress of sorts, but Rob Mullens is still laughing all the way to Jamie Moffitt’s bank, using the academic side’s money to pay the athletic department’s bills. From: Rob Mullens Subject: iac2011-12: Apology Date: December 23, 2011 10:49:50 AM [email protected]> Glen, Good morning. The Athletic Department understands the critical role…
12/20/2011: Sam Stites of the ODE asks – and gets some answers. Mostly the state self-insurance fund. Meaning money that could have been used for the many pressing needs of state government. Instead, taxpayers will pay $121,647, including $45,460 for engraving the athlete’s names. You’ve got to admire the shamelessness…
12/11/2011: Under the NCAA cartel, none of his players will get a dime. Fascinating, carefully researched story by Ted Sickinger in the Oregonian on how Mike Bellotti came to be collecting $490,000 a year in PERS, most of which will ultimately be paid by Oregon taxpayers: The statutes governing PERS…
11/16/2011: The UO students are starting to ask some serious questions about athletic department finances. For example, why does the athletic department get $375,000 from the academic side for the “President’s Box” at Autzen? (Update: I’ve revised this post after UO spokesperson Phil Weiler told KEZI the Autzen money comes…
11/14/2011: That would be the President of UO’s student government, Ben Eckstein. He’s backed up by Ben Bowman, chair of the student Athletics and Contracts Finance Committee. From the excellent ODE story by Rockne Andrew Roll: The ASUO Executive and the Athletics and Contracts Finance Committee are sending a message…