Ot Kentucky Senate votes to abolish U of L’s board

[husky99]

Kentucky Senate votes to abolish U of L's board • The Louisville Cardinal

 

[HCope]

That happened four months ago... what's happened since?

 

[uconnbill]

Kentucky Senate votes to abolish U of L's board • The Louisville Cardinal

The ACC deserves them and my hope is that UNC gets more than a slap on the wrist. Time for Tobacco Road to take a hit academically

I have zero sympathy for them

 

[intlzncster]

The ACC deserves them and my hope is that UNC gets more than a slap on the wrist. Time for Tobacco Road to take a hit academically

I have zero sympathy for them

Don't get that hope too high. Ain't gonna happen (at least to Men's BB).

 

[uconnbill]

Don't get that hope too high. Ain't gonna happen (at least to Men's BB).

I know wishful thinking on my part, considering what the NCAA did to UConn.

 

[CL82]

The lesson is that the optimal strategy is to cheat rather than to comply, at least if you dealing with the NCAA. I'm not happy about it but that result seems clear.

 

[mauconnfan]

The ACC deserves them and my hope is that UNC gets more than a slap on the wrist. Time for Tobacco Road to take a hit academically

I have zero sympathy for them

Former Agent Terry Watson Pleads Guilty to Giving Cash to Ex-UNC Players

 

[uconnbill]

Former Agent Terry Watson Pleads Guilty to Giving Cash to Ex-UNC Players

Come on nothing to see here "by those on Tobacco Road"

 

[Fishy]

The Louisville story is old.

Much more important story happened last week.

The Papa John's guy, who is a trustee, bashed the leadership of the school and the athletic department.

“The athletics thing scares me,” Papa John began. “Because I have met with Greg (Postel) and he goes, the leadership is invisible. I said, get them in front of the trustees (board) so we can know what they’re doing. And he goes, good luck. He’s invisible. So, how do we put that third leg of the stool (athletics, others are university and foundation) on notice? Invisible! Invisible.”

When one of the board members, Postel, complained that UofL doesn’t have enough cash on hand, Papa John pointed out that’s pretty ridiculous considering they’re expanding the football stadium, which bears his name.

“We’re doing this by the skin of our teeth,” Papa John said, via Otts. We’re getting to put $60 million in a stadium — by the way, it’s my stadium — and we’re $5 million over budget and we’ve got 10 days of cash. This is crazy.”

 

[HuskyHawk]

The Louisville story is old.

Much more important story happened last week.

The Papa John's guy, who is a trustee, bashed the leadership of the school and the athletic department.

“The athletics thing scares me,” Papa John began. “Because I have met with Greg (Postel) and he goes, the leadership is invisible. I said, get them in front of the trustees (board) so we can know what they’re doing. And he goes, good luck. He’s invisible. So, how do we put that third leg of the stool (athletics, others are university and foundation) on notice? Invisible! Invisible.”

When one of the board members, Postel, complained that UofL doesn’t have enough cash on hand, Papa John pointed out that’s pretty ridiculous considering they’re expanding the football stadium, which bears his name.

“We’re doing this by the skin of our teeth,” Papa John said, via Otts. We’re getting to put $60 million in a stadium — by the way, it’s my stadium — and we’re $5 million over budget and we’ve got 10 days of cash. This is crazy.”

Wow. What a mess. We can't even make up stuff that is worse than their reality, and yet, there they are in the ACC.

 

[Towney007]

The strategy of poaching middling Big East football programs and bringing them into the conference to compete monetarily at a level they're incapable of has been a really nice strategy by the ACC to wreck them, then eventually flush them down the toilet.

 

[ctchamps]

@upstater was on this louisville problem quite a while back.

 

[Storrs South]

While we're piling on, don't forget this story back from January

State will audit KFC Yum! Center

 

[upstater]

Many university presidents fear these politicians because they fail to effectively communicate with them; the politicians do not realize the incredible damage that can be caused. Universities trade on reputation. You don't get that back easily. There are threads on Clyde Vaughn still on this very message board.

 

[intlzncster]

Many university presidents fear these politicians because they fail to effectively communicate with them; the politicians do not realize the incredible damage that can be caused. Universities trade on reputation. You don't get that back easily. There are threads on Clyde Vaughn still on this very message board.

You can thank one man for that. And it's because that poster's got skin in the game.

 

[Storrs South]