That our basketball coach makes more than our Chancellor now means that UTC
is no different than the majority of campuses, at least in the South, and
probably thoughout the land. For the last decade, the two highest paid
state employees in Florida were the football coaches at the two largest
schools (UF and FSU). It's a sellers' market, and if UTC wants to
participate in it, there's a high cost involved. That's not debatable. The
cost versus the benefit of being in the market IS debatable, however.

Of course, a major difference in our case is that the state of Florida is
not ranked 49th (or is it 50th?) for per capita support of education...

Nick Honerkamp

At 10:05 AM 4/25/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Well, after having been completely informed on the whole sorry state of
>affairs, I feel the need to vent my two cents worth.  I am completely and
>thoroughly disgusted by the whole thing.  You look at the condition of some
>of the buildings on this campus, classrooms professors are teaching in, the
>scraping to put two nickels together that some departments have to
>do....what in the world was UTC thinking???  Here we are, trying to convince
>our legislature that we are underfunded, can't meet our budget, and we need
>more money, and they go and pull some ridiculous crap like this?  I am
>sickened.  All this over basketball.  All this just to win some games?  You
>certainly won't see my face at any basketball games.  Or any other sporting
>event for that matter.  What a waste.
>
>              <---Sherri--->
>--
>Sherri L. Hobart