Maryland Debacle Shows Why We Must Get Football Out of Our Universities

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8 pointsFireBeyond3 comments

I think it's unfair to characterize football at MD for draining the sports finances, as it paints it in broad strokes. More often than not, football carries the other sports.

That said, it's about time football's preeminence is questioned. From the way it skews academics toward athletics and also contributes to head injuries which can result in brain damage to they way it provides false hopes of success to athletes.

It may be time to call it like it is and demote the sport and let schools educate and prepare students for more realistic professions.

Strange. IT workers are generally at-will employees, but football coaches don't seem to be. What's up?

High-level employees often have contracts with specific severance terms, even at tech companies. For example, Carly Fiorina got around $40 million in compensation when she was fired from HP.

But lower-level employees, at least without a union, typically lack the leverage to negotiate much of anything as far as employment security or severance terms go.

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