Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum
AD Hamrick said: We've still got to run a Division I athletic program, and people still expect us to win and be successful
Hamrick makes $255K+. Did you know that? UNLV sports programs are not about building well-rounded student-athletes, but rather enriching mediocrities who cannot compete in the private sector (professional) sports world. For instance, basketball coach Lon "Freddy" Kruger($1M per year) and football coach "All About" Mike Sanford ($431K). Their assistants are also very well paid, I might add. If these guy are so good let them work in the NBA, NFL, or over at USC.
Why should serious students pay higher fees to train chowderheads how to catch passes? Non-jock undergraduates should not have to pay higher fees to support football! They already pay to support jock facilities and basketweaving courses. And if that's no bad enough, the football players receive scholarships. Put financially struggling science students on the football team and give *them* scholarships. By the way, if the jock graduation rate has improved, it's only because it used to rank among the WORST in the nation. Regardless, the majority of jocks still declare USELESS degree programs like "Interdisciplinary" (jockology). The core requirements are so weak they wouldn't challenge a third grader. Even so, most jocks still can't get through it.
The article is a little confusing. I think it means to say that UNLV's *sports* budget is $26M per year. Whatever the "official" figure is, it's misleading. Public sector accounting is alwayws fuzzy and not credible. For example, the Athletics budget does not include the pure waste jockology departments, or the compromised admissions/academic standards necessary to "recruit" a team. Finally, UNLV is all about Division 1 sports. The true cost of UNLV athletics is the cost of the entire University!
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