<p>It is now 2009.</p>
<p>Do you think he’s no longer within the top 5 today?</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter what I think…</p>
<p>However, it is rather unseemly that football coaches are (among) the highest-paid employees of the university, especially for Michigan which is state-run.</p>
<p>I can imagine that the universities’ presidents’ approved of the salaries - which are likely higher than they are even paid.</p>
<p>Universities are not sports enterprises. They are NON-profit organizations designed to produce research and scholarship, not generate revenue…</p>
<p>As long as a university isn’t doing anything illegal, I don’t care HOW they generate revenue. I would argue that USC’s winning football teams over the last several decades has been a major reason why it is a Top 30 school. The money has been amazing.</p>
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<p>Then would you care to present evidence that Harbaugh is no longer in the top 5? Otherwise, I think we should assume that he still most likely is, as he clearly was in 2006. After all, it seems rather implausible that the #5 highest paid employee, who was paid $977k in 2006, is now being paid more than $1.25 million just 3 years later, during a time of budget cutbacks.</p>
<p>Look, I presented some evidence. I think it’s now fair for you to do the same.</p>
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<p>I am not important enough to be privy to such matters…</p>
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<p>Nor am I, yet I presented evidence.</p>
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<p>Of course, you don’t. </p>
<p>Doesn’t at least one of your “2 college kids” go to an alleged “football factory”? Just asking…</p>
<p>I think a successful football program makes kids want to go to it thus increasing it’s reputation and ranking like USC</p>
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<p>Looks like Alabama students won’t have to watch the NC game on tv, much to the chagrin of their professors:</p>
<p>[Some</a> Faculty Disappointed in UA Decision to Cancel Class - WVUA 7 Tuscaloosa](<a href=“http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20091209/WVUA01/912099979/1001/NEWS07?Title=Some-Faculty-Disappointed-in-UA-Decision-to-Cancel-Class]Some”>http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20091209/WVUA01/912099979/1001/NEWS07?Title=Some-Faculty-Disappointed-in-UA-Decision-to-Cancel-Class)</p>
<p>So, what? Texas won’t be in school that week, either. Frankly, I think the BCS is INSANE to schedule the game on a weekday. It would have been better if they had scheduled it on Jan 9th. </p>
<p>BTW…you need to learn how to quote correctly. In your post #28, you include YOUR WORDS in my quote. What’s with that??? Did you learn to do that at an elite, non-football factory school?</p>
<p>Tressel is worth it. :)</p>
<p>Michigan on the other hand needs to pony up the cash.</p>
<p>As much as I love UMich, as an Ohioan I’ll be looking forward to next year’s slaughtering… ;)</p>
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<p>This wouldn’t have been a problem had you originally used the “quote” function…</p>
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<p>Uh…no…you are responsible for the content of your own post.</p>
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<p>I dunno. The football factory crowds will be there, weekday or weekend. </p>
<p>Witness the decisions of both the Alabama and Texas administrators.</p>
<p>I think you need to realize that none of this has anything to do with you. It’s a free country. You can choose to go to the school of your choice - with or without sports. Others should be free to go to the school of their choice.</p>
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<p>…with free speech!</p>