[Husker] Re: Ostergard

[Steve Stone]

richards todd wrote

>The Company I work for has been down sizing for the
>past 5  years.  200+ salaried employee's 5 years ago
>and now we have 24.  The methods my Company uses to
>dismiss long time, good employee's is every bit as
>harsh as what is being described on this thread.
>Doesn't make it right, but I guess business is
>business and you can expect to get your feelings hurt
>sooner or later.

Ah! the sins that have been committed under the rubrik "Business is 
business"! Actually, it's nothing more than the thinly disguised 
teen-ager's ploy, "But Mom, all the kids're doin' it!"

Essentially it's just another analogy (there I go again!) which, 
while it may tear at the heartstrings, proves nothing.

The University of Nebraska is a tax-supported public institution, 
part of which is an athletic department that is self-supporting 
because the football program is profitable enough to "carry" the 
other athletic programs. The income from football, however, does not 
qualify either the university or the athletic department as a 
business.

I have no notion - - or opinion - - about the justification of 
Ostergard's dismissal because, like everyone on this List, I have 
access to none of the facts. But I cannot trust the words of those 
who deny me such access.

Steve Stone