[NU Sports] Basketball Coaches salaries

[Dennis W. Brandt]

> I  still have an issue with paying huge bucks for a coach at NU--I am sure 
> I
> am in the minority here , but I think it sends the wrong signal of  our
> school's priorities--I am not sure where the happy middle is, --obviously 
> we have to
> attract and/or retain good coaches , such as Fitz, but I also feel
> uncomfortable with the mentality that  a coach can be paid perhaps 10 X 
> (or whatever)
> our top faculty---
>
> Without screaming too loudly, these out of proportion salaries of  top 
> people
> to teachers , doctors, etc   has certainly contributed to the mess the
> economy is in--If a coach can make $2 MM--it's fine for a VP at a bank to 
> make that
> kind of money and vice versa, etc etc
>
> I could go on and on
>
Please.  You can't say stay in the Big Ten and simultaneously pay salaries 
of a Div. III team.  Don't they teach competition at Kellogg?  The two are 
mutually incompatible, as the failure of NU major sports has indicated. 
Fitz is a lucky catch because he played for NU and bleeds purple.  But at 
what point will some big program lure him away for umpteen times the money? 
You get what you pay for.

The economic mess we're in has nothing to do with those who can actually pay 
their bills.  If you want to destroy the American economy, attack those who 
are successful, take their money, and give it away.  Scary.