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1 Novena // Oct 19, 2009 at 9:08 am
“Got Some Loose Change, Brother?”
The UofL Foundation (one of the largest among public universities) has been a gold mine for Card presidents. That kind of funding goes beyond even the huge salary for UofL presidents (some of the highest among state colleges in all the land), free housing in mansion-like conditions, very generous expense accounts, and the colossal perks of the UofL Foundation. Easily much, much better than anything Dasechner will receive. And a reason why Ramsey looks humble whenever he turns down an annual bonus. Does he really need (or deserve) it? Of course, the C-J won’t say anything. It wants to stay in UofL’s good graces.
2 Matt // Oct 19, 2009 at 9:13 am
Nothing else happened over the weekend? Nothing?
3 cdxx // Oct 19, 2009 at 9:22 am
Skankbag insists you follow her personal version of phone etiquette– that’s a larf. She’s one to talk about manners after calling an asst. principal an a-hole because she thought she should be allowed to go anywhere she damn pleased at a school function.
4 jake // Oct 19, 2009 at 9:24 am
“Skankbag”?? Really?
I think she’s hilarious, as well, but could we refrain from personal attacks?
5 Mark H (Not Hebert) // Oct 19, 2009 at 11:38 am
Let’s call the University what it is, a professional begging organization that educates and fields sports teams as an excuse to beg for money.
Like many other “non profits,” one of the largest expenditures is the money spent in attempt to solicit more money.
Let’s face it, the only reason a scumbag like Felner kept his job for as long as he did, was because he brought in the grant bucks.
Why do we pay Rick Pitino big bucks, because he brings in big bucks. As such, to compare his salary to professor, is a farce, because they fulfill two totally different roles.
You are worth what it costs to replace you. If the Trustees have determined that Ramsey can big in more money through his management, they are going to pay the money to get him.
The question we should be asking is:
Was the investment in Ramsey worth it?
Pitino resides over one of the most lucrative basketball programs in the country, so it appears that the investment is worth it.
6 GiGi // Oct 19, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Julie Tam is now my new favorite internet sensation. I can retire my Tourette’s Guy bookmark.
7 Jim // Oct 19, 2009 at 3:08 pm
The whole upper echelon of the administration at the University of Looneyville needs to be tossed out on its collective ear. They’ve went from a university to a basketball program over the last 20 years. It used to be a quality university but the administration is more interested in making their own rules and forcing everyone to play by the them including the lunch debacle, blogger gate, and everything else they have been doing. Why the Board doesn’t remove these people is beyond me but I suspect its all about the money and not the academic performance or the University Hospital. After all, they’ve pretty much ran off a lot of the good talent they did accumulate. Not to mention keeping others out.
Novena is right on these subjects that they’ve made it all about the money and that’s why its Looneyville and not Louisville.
8 Novena // Oct 19, 2009 at 4:46 pm
“Show Me the Money, Man”
Mark H & Jim, we’re on the same wave length regarding UofL. Money is the root of its existence and at the root of its evil. Of course, they’ll keep Pitino for that very reason. They also slobbered over Shumaker because he brought in the big bucks. Ramsey seems less adept at a lot of things, so who knows? But it would take a major typhoon of errors (and he is getting there) to get him out (he is tied to the hips of the Board, who are head nodders from way back).
P.S. Felner himself got only one grant (an earmark from our ex-Congresswoman)–the one he is being prosecuted for. So, he was more a con man than an actual rainmaker at UofL (and he really fooled JR & SW for all they were worth).
9 Mark H (Not Hebert) // Oct 19, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Yes Novena, but he concocted himself the reputation as a rainmaker.
Is any public university really that much different than the calls I get at home every night from the telemarketer posing as the “Fraternal Order of Police” or the “Sheriffs’ Office” wanted me to donate to their “Children’s Fund?”
How can they do this? I would be shocked if 5 to 10 cents goes to the charity they are calling about. The biggest growth industry aside from government, is the professional begging industry.
Hey I’ve got an idea to balance the budget; let’s start taxing any “non-profit’s” income that doesn’t go the the charity and is above a fixed administrative cost comparable to private industry.
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