5/24/2010: From Rachel Bachman in the Oregonian: Lariviere recounted when Bellotti told him — amid his first year as athletic director after stepping down as football coach — that ESPN was seeking to hire him. “That’s when he told me that we owed him a great deal of money as…
Posts tagged as “Athletics”
5/22/2010: Normally when you make a request to the Oregon DOJ for public records, you get a reply from DOJ Attorney Michael Kron, the DOJ’s Government Transparency Czar. So when I asked for the full report on the Bellotti investigation, I was a little surprised to get a denial from…
5/22/2010: Rachel Bachmann in the Oregonian reports on two legislative hearings regarding UO: Democratic State Senator Rick Metsger will investigate allegations from union groups that money from the $200 million state bond sale for arena construction has been spent illegally, and …, the House Education Committee will hold a separate…
5/18/2010: Here’s an interesting article by Duck tight end and UO business school student David Paulson, on CNBC. He writes about a lawsuit arguing that the NCAA should not be able to use a player’s likeness after graduation without permission and compensation. The current situation is essentially indentured servitude: the…
5/10/2010: David Moltz and Doug Lederman of Insidehighered.com write on the US DOJ anti-trust investigation of the NCAA and what it might mean for college athletes. Also see Libby Sanders in the Chronicle, here. Currently the NCAA acts as a hiring cartel to prevent athletes bargaining for a better deal…
5/1/2010: Billy Witz of the NY Times has a long story on the recent troubles. No citation, but they do pick up the “Jock Box” phrase coined by UO Matters: A new learning center — dubbed the Jock Box for its glass cube design — has been built for athletes…
4/28/2010:At 11AM tomorrow the OUS Board meets and will hear a report from their auditor, Pat Snopkowski, on the Frohnmayer / Bellotti oral contract scandal – or as they call it in their docket, “A UO Athletics Matter.” I’m expecting a coverup, based on how the OUS Audit Division handled…
4/27/2010: Lariviere leaves no doubt who is in charge. From Ron Bellamy in the RG: Lariviere said that at times he re-directed Kilkenny when he felt that the search was heading in a direction with which he wasn’t comfortable. “Not that Pat was promoting a particular person, but a name…
4/26/2010: Jamie Moffitt has been put in charge of the Athletic Department’s finances. Excellent move. But read the bullshit in the RG story, from our new Interim AD Lorraine Davis: “The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has experienced a period of rapid growth and success. This new position will help the…
4/16/2010: Wondering how Pat Kilkenny’s search for a new basketball coach is going? Me neither. But I was curious about how sports columnists are tracking his movements. Turns out it’s public info, and on the web: Here’s the link for his tail number: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N228PK
Note: We’ve been asked how much Lariviere’s consulting contract paid. Looks like $70,000 a month. (Maybe only $35,000 a month.) It’s funny how it’s never the right time politically for faculty and staff raises, but politics never seems to be a problem when it comes to pay for administrators. Ha…
4/8/2010: 2 years ago, when Frohnmayer and Kilkenny were selling the Legislature on the arena bonds and they didn’t believe the ridiculous revenue predictions, Frohnmayer said UO would create a special reserve fund to cover shortfalls by adding a $1 surcharge to all athletic tickets. So what’s the balance up…
problem with Lariviere’s plan to use new donations to the athletic department to fund Bellotti’s payoff, from Lewis and Clark Tax Law Professor Jack Bogdanski. The IRS says “You cannot deduct contributions to specific individuals, … “. That rule will approximately double the cost to the donors of the buyout.…
4/7/2010: From Rachel Bachman in the Oregonian: “This institution did not follow acceptable business practices in the past,” Lariviere said. “That will not be repeated under my administration.” and Greg Bolt in the RG: The university’s legal department late last month said it didn’t realize that there was no contract…
4/6/2010: From reporter John Hunt in The Oregonian: Are you a donor with money still burning a hole in your pocket? Do you feel those nine months went by so quickly that you haven’t adequately thanked Mike Bellotti for his work as athletic director? Well, for $75 a plate, you…