Could be that Ohio University will ask athletic dept. staff and coaches to take a cut in salaries, much like what is going on at Iowa State. It wouldn't shock me if many schools go this route. I am guessing Jimbo Fisher won't starve if his salary is slashed on his $75 million ten year deal.
The problem, IMO, is not the couple of athletic coaches. It's the ridiculous salaries of many (most) of the administrators on this campus.
There are 538 folks making 100K or more most of whom are in administrative roles.
To Alan's point, I was talking with an administrator at an Ohio Five school a couple of days ago. She told me that while they are hardly in any financial turmoil, some of the schools they compete against in their conference are in serious jeopardy. She is hardly a sports nut, so her claim that sports aren't nearly the problem rang true to me. She told me 20 years ago, the administration was pretty simple; Provost, Dean etc. Now you have a plethora of positions loosely titled; Academic Success Coordinator, Asst. to the Coordinator, Student Affairs Coordinator, Asst Coordinator etc. The list goes on and on. It was once standard dogma that a university president had been a professor, dean, provost etc. The previous President of Cincinnati State was once the Queen City's Coroner. I bet that made for some gallows humor at the community college gathering or presidents.
Lots of festering problems in Higher Ed. However, the demographic winter they are in the midst of has been staring them in the face for 15-20 years. Yet, the positions they have added since then seem to indicate they have been literally whistling by the graveyard.
Last Edited: 4/10/2020 5:40:00 PM by cbus cat fan