[TreesAndBirds]

Just think if Notre Dame were a public university. A kid dies filming a practice and a girl kills herself after being raped by a player and there are no repercussions. . . .

Consider the Church to which the University owes its allegiance. Accepting responsibility and doing the right thing does not seem to come naturally...

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The Regents seem to be without any good options, from their perspective at least--I think most of us would agree that it's a good thing they seem to have gotten played here. They (1) wanted to keep Durkin, but also presumably (2) don't want Maryland's name dragged through the mud. So do they follow through on their threats to Loh and fire him now?  Or do they let it be, realizing how appalling that decision would look now, especially since Loh is out the door in a few months anyway?

The Regents had no good options because they should never have been involved at all. Regents have no direct supervisory authority over either the AD or the coaches - that's the President's prerogative. The problem is that when the football coach makes more money than the President, the AD oversees one of the largest revenue streams in the University system, and the football team is much more high profile than the university itself, the temptation for the Regents to get involved is too great to resist. I see no reason why this fiscal perversion of the chain of authority in universities will disappear any time soon. As much as I mock the Bing-Arrillaga aspects to Stanford, having many honeypots not directly derived from athletics does provide a counterweight and enhance overall university integrity. Unlike, say, up in Eugene...

More....ugh...

https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/terp...story.html

[TreesAndBirds]

Just think if Notre Dame were a public university. A kid dies filming a practice and a girl kills herself after being raped by a player and there are no repercussions. . . .

Consider the Church to which the University owes its allegiance. Accepting responsibility and doing the right thing does not seem to come naturally...

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The Regents seem to be without any good options, from their perspective at least--I think most of us would agree that it's a good thing they seem to have gotten played here. They (1) wanted to keep Durkin, but also presumably (2) don't want Maryland's name dragged through the mud. So do they follow through on their threats to Loh and fire him now?  Or do they let it be, realizing how appalling that decision would look now, especially since Loh is out the door in a few months anyway?

The Regents had no good options because they should never have been involved at all. Regents have no direct supervisory authority over either the AD or the coaches - that's the President's prerogative. The problem is that when the football coach makes more money than the President, the AD oversees one of the largest revenue streams in the University system, and the football team is much more high profile than the university itself, the temptation for the Regents to get involved is too great to resist. I see no reason why this fiscal perversion of the chain of authority in universities will disappear any time soon. As much as I mock the Bing-Arrillaga aspects to Stanford, having many honeypots not directly derived from athletics does provide a counterweight and enhance overall university integrity. Unlike, say, up in Eugene...

More....ugh...

https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/terp...story.html