Such BS....that you are a university admin explains all of it. Richard is right. This is the ego of Phil Knight and his quest for a football championship above all else. He donates an average of $100M per year to U of Oregon sports (including building several facilities) and has carte blanche with how it is spent. The $5M shortfall, if t…
Such BS....that you are a university admin explains all of it. Richard is right. This is the ego of Phil Knight and his quest for a football championship above all else. He donates an average of $100M per year to U of Oregon sports (including building several facilities) and has carte blanche with how it is spent. The $5M shortfall, if there was one (the Apple deal allowed upside for subscriptions and so with Oregon's global brand, they would have done better than $25M). He owns the athletic dept at Oregon and hires the AD himself personally. He was also involved in the hire of the university President, Scholz. It wouldn't surprise me if he was involved in the separation of the regents so he could influence the board for Oregon to cut loose OSU. It is such a flimsy argument this was about a delta of $5M in the budget. The decision lost OSU $40M as Richard pointed out and so net-net to the state, it cost the Oregon taxpayers and student fees $35M per year
Such BS....that you are a university admin explains all of it. Richard is right. This is the ego of Phil Knight and his quest for a football championship above all else. He donates an average of $100M per year to U of Oregon sports (including building several facilities) and has carte blanche with how it is spent. The $5M shortfall, if there was one (the Apple deal allowed upside for subscriptions and so with Oregon's global brand, they would have done better than $25M). He owns the athletic dept at Oregon and hires the AD himself personally. He was also involved in the hire of the university President, Scholz. It wouldn't surprise me if he was involved in the separation of the regents so he could influence the board for Oregon to cut loose OSU. It is such a flimsy argument this was about a delta of $5M in the budget. The decision lost OSU $40M as Richard pointed out and so net-net to the state, it cost the Oregon taxpayers and student fees $35M per year