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Bye Bye Ohio State athletic department

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  1. mkvandy03 mkvandy03 is offline Moderator

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    Jul 11th, 2007 (7/11/2007 3:33pm)

    Gee going back to Ohio State

    So about a month after saying he had been offered the chance to go back to being president of Ohio State but declined, Gordon Gee (chancellor of Vanderbilt) is now leaving in like three weeks. Most people probably only know of him for abolishing Vandy's athletic department. Think he can get away with it at Ohio State? I would highly doubt it, but that would be really interesting if he tried. I guess it's good and bad that he's leaving. He did a lot of very very good work here, especially with regards to fund raising, and was very popular with the students, but he also had some controversy around him and recently divorced his wife, who is a prof here. Anyway, should be interesting to see what happens.
     
  2. Willywoo Willywoo is offline

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    Jul 11th, 2007 (7/11/2007 3:39pm) in reply to mkvandy03

    This guy is the Larry Brown of college presidents. He used to be president of CU-Boulder. He did not get rid of the athletic department and that would have been an easy target.
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    Jul 11th, 2007 (7/11/2007 3:39pm) in reply to mkvandy03

    I remember seeing an interview with him after he GG'd Vandy's athletic department and he said that wasn't something he thought he could pull off at tOSU.

    Besides, if he got rid of tOSU's AD, who would make sure the boosters paid the players on time? Who would make sure that dirtbag Tressel is still violating NCAA rules? Who would we blame when Mo Clarett's burnt orange Navigator is parked illegally next to the practice field? Who would find Troy Smith his bullshit job that pays him in cash? Who would do the classwork for the Serbian basketball players?

    Most importantly, who would make sure that the players at tOSU continue to get exploited for millions of dollars and are cast aside without their degree when their eligibility runs out?
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    Jul 11th, 2007 (7/11/2007 3:45pm) in reply to Skywalker18

    Most importantly, who would make sure that the players at tOSU continue to get exploited for millions of dollars and are cast aside without their degree when their eligibility runs out?

    this is every major div 1a school. to think other wise is a joke. Football is a cash cow for schools. Along with basketball.

    The degree is the players problem not the football teams.Is it OSU fault that i got my GF prego and droped out and didnt finish my degree? Ppl pass the blame to everyone but themselves. If you dont get a degree with your freeride scholarship, its only yourself to blame.
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    Jul 11th, 2007 (7/11/2007 3:50pm) in reply to mkvandy03

    when OSU tied Michigan several years ago Gee called it one of the greatest wins ever for OSU. What a douche! GO BUCKS!
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    Jul 11th, 2007 (7/11/2007 4:00pm) in reply to baughman

    I don't consider the football players at Penn State to be exploited. Yes, they make millions for the school and subsidize every other sport that the school has, but they get they graduate at an 86% clip. They have something to show for what they gave to the school.

    I agree that it is the players' responsibility to go to class and get their degrees, but it is the school's responsibility to recruit players that will represent the university well. Besides, how did a player stay eligible or four or five years and still not graduate? Let's not lose sight of the fact that you're talking about 18 year old kids that need to be guided into completing their classwork in the likely event that they don't go to the NFL.

    At places like Ohio State, it's garbage in, and garbage out.
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    Jul 11th, 2007 (7/11/2007 4:11pm) in reply to camate

    Based on the most-current records, 94 percent of Division I-A universities failed to graduate more than half of the freshmen who received a scholarship

    Most athletes at Division I-A schools receive scholarships. The NCAA allows schools to give 85 scholarships in football, ohio state has 114 players on the team, but the ncaa doesnt count non-scholarship athletes as athletes for reporting graduation raqtes.

    Ohio States graduation rate has gone up over 40% since Tressal took over.
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    Jul 11th, 2007 (7/11/2007 4:13pm) in reply to baughman

    In football, Michigan State and Minnesota were among the 37 teams that failed to graduate half of their scholarship players. Northwestern posted the highest football graduation rate in the Big Ten at 83 percent, followed by Michigan and Penn State at 68 percent.

    you must be counting non-scholarship athletes!! ^^^^^^
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