UNFLV

Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum.

The new [UNLV football] coach probably will earn about $700,000

His assistants >$100K. Basketball coach makes ~$1M; his assistants >$100K. The new AD will make ~$250K. By comparison, Physics Professors Selser makes $150K. Chen ~$115K. Zane, Kwong, Lepp & Shelton make ~$100K.

The science faculty is also overpaid, but at least they have a real academic mission. The sports professors make all that money for teaching kids how to catch and throw balls.

What exactly is UNLV's mission -- to teach science or scoring?

If our football professors are so good they should be working in the NFL or for football schools like USC. If our science professors are so good they should be consulting in Silicon Valley or RTP for $20,000 per week.

It's really outrageous that we pay UNLV instructors so much. UNLV is a public *benevolent* institution. It is NOT supposed to be a place for insiders to get rich. Teaching is sort of a PhD's sacred obligation. We should only really have to cocmpensate them with titles and token honoraria. Yes, we might only be able to recruit retirees from other institutions and/or low quality professors, but so be it. Maybe we can sweeten the deal by paying them $100 a game to coach football.