tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post1234284660207666908..comments2023-10-10T04:30:38.687-05:00Comments on Deo volente: College athletics in the newsDave Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09100006856645294730noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-73827127324702412882012-01-24T11:34:33.841-06:002012-01-24T11:34:33.841-06:00"Bocot sat out during his first year at SIU b..."Bocot sat out during his first year at SIU because his grades didn’t meet NCAA standards, and he recently served a four-game suspension while under investigation for a sexual assault he was later cleared of."<br /><br />Read more: http://dailyegyptian.com/2012/01/16/bocot-no-stranger-to-adversity/#ixzz1kOkS7xCEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-42561335763263581972012-01-24T09:15:53.271-06:002012-01-24T09:15:53.271-06:00Has there been any news on the Justin Bocot invest...Has there been any news on the Justin Bocot investigation or has that been swept aside like previous sexual assault investigations of basketball players?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-15971145047445011822011-12-21T16:55:32.215-06:002011-12-21T16:55:32.215-06:00The Board of Trustees matter says it all...
'...The Board of Trustees matter says it all...<br /><br />'Constituency Involvement - Not pertinent.'<br /><br />Do you feel 'Not Pertinent' ???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-33278276243554297602011-12-18T07:23:45.694-06:002011-12-18T07:23:45.694-06:00"The real problems are structural: the idea t..."The real problems are structural: the idea that a university's success depends on, or can be measured by, how good of a job it does supplying entertainment to its basketball and football fans."<br /><br />At last! A definition of "structural deficit"! Now I understand what those furloughs were for.Jonny Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461895600346750968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-78362912312663672552011-12-16T21:33:18.059-06:002011-12-16T21:33:18.059-06:00The Board of Trustees Agenda indicates that an arc...The <a href="http://bot.siu.edu/meetings/2011/1211abemartinrenoc.pdf" rel="nofollow">Board of Trustees Agenda indicates that an architecture firm will develop a cost estimate</a> and that the budget approval will come later. How does he know that the cost is $4.9 million? If the number is just a ballpark [(-:] figure, wouldn't the article say $5 million?paranoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01305552154248972937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-52822149104976159952011-12-16T08:31:13.134-06:002011-12-16T08:31:13.134-06:00Thanks for the report on mathematical intensity, M...Thanks for the report on mathematical intensity, Mike. But I think you know what I mean--we in Classics, at any rate (to stick to safer turf) don't practice together hours each day, go on road trips, experience together the joy of victory and the agony of defeat, etc.<br /><br />The <a href="http://thesouthern.com/college/siu/abe-martin-field-finally-gets-its-day-in-the-sun/Dave Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100006856645294730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-75798148106325265732011-12-16T04:50:15.699-06:002011-12-16T04:50:15.699-06:00"Most math majors, I suspect, don't live ..."Most math majors, I suspect, don't live & breathe mathematics the way baseball players live & breathe baseball during their time here."<br /><br />Maybe not the prospective high school teachers, but the straight math majors are pretty intense! We get donations from some and are able to offer a few scholarships.Mike Sullivannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-39172230205882676492011-12-15T22:20:44.220-06:002011-12-15T22:20:44.220-06:00$700,000 is impressive--but I wonder what the pric...$700,000 is impressive--but I wonder what the price tag of the whole project is. Do they have enough to fund the whole thing? <br /><br />I don't see how we can fairly blame the administration when the retired baseball coach raises money from alumni. There's nothing stopping us academics from doing so. Some academic departments do manage to raise some money for themselves--I don't Dave Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100006856645294730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-80255113174520213062011-12-15T16:12:36.679-06:002011-12-15T16:12:36.679-06:00The administration should be doing this but they d...The administration should be doing this but they don't give a damn about academics, only sport.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-40355464855280635712011-12-15T13:26:26.874-06:002011-12-15T13:26:26.874-06:00This just appeared in the Southern:
Renovations p...This just appeared in the Southern:<br /><br />Renovations planned for Abe Martin Field<br /><br />The SIU athletic department is planning a major renovation project at Abe Martin Field, home of the baseball team.<br /><br />The plan includes a renovation of the seating bowl, press box and dugouts, as well as the addition of lights, a synthetic grass playing surface with a new drainage system andMike Sullivannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-67615074192972021132011-12-15T06:23:45.552-06:002011-12-15T06:23:45.552-06:006:11,
I don't think that's a realistic po...6:11,<br /><br />I don't think that's a realistic point of view. Getting rid of athletics would just ensure another enrollment drop. I don't think it's necessarily a booster of enrollment, I think it's been a big money waster, but if you cut athletics altogether, you have all that money coming into academics from scholarships gone, along with the sunk cost of Saluki Way. Lightsabernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-50446366450236357402011-12-14T18:11:05.551-06:002011-12-14T18:11:05.551-06:00In a time of economic recession (or the second Gre...In a time of economic recession (or the second Great Depression as an economist writing for the New York Times has said), athletics simply does not belong in a university whose agenda should be devoted towards education and the production of trained personnel desperately needed in these dire times. Athletics is both unnecessary and redundant. It should be abolished in SIUC as soon as possile and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-28146438517400541262011-12-14T16:07:33.836-06:002011-12-14T16:07:33.836-06:00Dave:
Academic building at SIUC? I believe you ha...Dave:<br /><br />Academic building at SIUC? I believe you have the wrong school.<br /><br />Rita's latest (as I'm sure you know as you said recently that you are on the FS) is a cool 170+ million on new student residences......not an academic building in sight. <br /><br />SIUC doesn't spend money on teaching/research/academics, thats pretty clear by now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-8145735082027849222011-12-14T10:20:53.206-06:002011-12-14T10:20:53.206-06:00Lightsaber, I'm not sure what to do, either--i...Lightsaber, I'm not sure what to do, either--it is of course far easier to say what's wrong with SIUC athletics, and college athletics as a whole, than to come up with practicable reforms, particularly reforms on one campus rather than nation wide. The contributors in the Chronicle series mainly call for the NCAA to regain its monopoly powers, which would give NCAA regulations more teeth,Dave Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100006856645294730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-71139332651301438132011-12-13T21:49:18.999-06:002011-12-13T21:49:18.999-06:00I agree with your points.
I just don't know ...I agree with your points. <br /><br />I just don't know if we should just do away with scholarships altogether, and hand out aid based on need, or just divest ourselves of athletics in such a way that athletes are just independent contractors. The latter would not work with the NCAA, so I think the former is the only option.Lightsabernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-15119458886954469442011-12-13T21:41:36.303-06:002011-12-13T21:41:36.303-06:00Hey, I'm absolutely fine with firing Lowery--a...Hey, I'm absolutely fine with firing Lowery--and I'm frankly a bit surprised he hasn't been canned already, despite the cost, now that it is clear that this season will be a disaster. Perhaps if Bocot is charged with sexual assault, Lowery will finally meet the end of the road (this is a big if--we shouldn't prejudge the case, and of course even if Bocot is charged that doesn'Dave Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100006856645294730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-1179572162463516512011-12-13T18:22:36.746-06:002011-12-13T18:22:36.746-06:00Chris Lowery may be the worst performing coach in ...Chris Lowery may be the worst performing coach in America in regards to wins per dollar. That's not a problem?!?<br /><br />How about we clean up the mess first, then determine whether we need to make structural changes. Vanderbilt GOT RID OF their athletic department by rolling it into the University at large and are achieving an unprecedented level of success in a very competitive SEC. Lightsabernoreply@blogger.com