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Michael Drake (Former OSU President)

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When Michael Drake takes over as Ohio State University's president this summer, he'll be paid $800,000 in base salary, according to contract terms the school released this afternoon. He can earn another $200,000 each year in bonuses if he meets certain goals.
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While I know the Ohio State University president get some additional perks besides his salary something is crazy when the athletic director of a university makes more in base salary than the president of that same University. The same thing is true about coaches salaries and the salaries of full-time professors. It makes me wonder what our priorities really are.
 
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LitlBuck said:
It makes me wonder what our priorities really are.
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I understand your point and am not arguing it. But I'm guessing that sports have brought more publicity to many schools than their presidents or professors do. To take bias out of it, I'll pick someone I have no ties to: Colorado. I don't know anything about the school. I actually don't even know if it's University of Colorado or Colorado University. Where are they located? Yeah - Colorado, but what city? What fields are they strong in? What fields are they weak in? What's their undergrad/grad enrollments? I don't know any of those. But I remember when Kordell Stewart threw a hail mary pass. I remember when they beat Nebraska and somehow Nebraska got into the national championship game. I know they let some buffalo or bison run out onto the field sometimes.

I think you're right that sports shouldn't be higher priority than academics. But I think that they are.
 
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LitlBuck said:
http://www.dispatch.com/content/sea...ispatch&is=dispatch&cp=1&rpp=20&keyword=drake

While I know the Ohio State University president get some additional perks besides his salary something is crazy when the athletic director of a university makes more in base salary than the president of that same University. The same thing is true about coaches salaries and the salaries of full-time professors. It makes me wonder what our priorities really are.
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The AD I'll agree on b/c that's a University position.
I see Coaches as more akin to contractors, however. And the nature of their comings and goings seems to reflect that. They get paid what they do b/c that's what their market worth is.
I'm sure the professors doing research get paid in a similar way wrt how much the market values their research.
That doesn't entirely assuage the issue, it just raises it from a question of what the University's priorities are to what our Society's priorities are.
 
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kujirakira said:
The AD I'll agree on b/c that's a University position.
I see Coaches as more akin to contractors, however. And the nature of their comings and goings seems to reflect that. They get paid what they do b/c that's what their market worth is.
I'm sure the professors doing research get paid in a similar way wrt how much the market values their research.
That doesn't entirely assuage the issue, it just raises it from a question of what the University's priorities are to what our Society's priorities are.
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I do not know if you know this or not but in order for a professor to obtain tenure they must do research or the University will show them the door. They do not get paid anymore or any less money for doing research. It has sort of a requirement of their position if they want to maintain position.
 
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Zurp said:
I understand your point and am not arguing it. But I'm guessing that sports have brought more publicity to many schools than their presidents or professors do. To take bias out of it, I'll pick someone I have no ties to: Colorado. I don't know anything about the school. I actually don't even know if it's University of Colorado or Colorado University. Where are they located? Yeah - Colorado, but what city? What fields are they strong in? What fields are they weak in? What's their undergrad/grad enrollments? I don't know any of those. But I remember when Kordell Stewart threw a hail mary pass. I remember when they beat Nebraska and somehow Nebraska got into the national championship game. I know they let some buffalo or bison run out onto the field sometimes.
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You must be kidding me. You do not know that Colorado University:huh: is located in Denver:lol: and who is this Stewart guy you mentioned. I will get off my soapbox because they should be an entirely different thread for academics versus athletics.
 
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LitlBuck said:
I do not know if you know this or not but in order for a professor to obtain tenure they must do research or the University will show them the door. They do not get paid anymore or any less money for doing research. It has sort of a requirement of their position if they want to maintain position.
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Yes every field now claims to do "research", but in this case I specifically meant the Sciences + Engineering. Wherein there are often "Research Professors" whose salary is based on the grant/research money they obtain. While I'm not in B10 System, I'm quite certain there are a lot of these given CIC's prolific reputation for obtaining research grants.
I wasn't addressing tenure whatsoever, but so long as it's mentioned... it's worth pointing out that Coaches cannot gain tenure.
 
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Steve19 said:
The highest public officials in several states, including Ohio, are college football coaches. When you consider some of the world class talent in the James cancer faculty, there is something remarlably distorted about that market...
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May be unfair, but until surgeries are nationally televised and produce millions upon millions upon millions of dollars of profit, you are paid what you bring in.
 
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Steve19 said:
The highest public officials in several states, including Ohio, are college football coaches. When you consider some of the world class talent in the James cancer faculty, there is something remarklably distorted about that market...
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LitlBuck said:
http://www.dispatch.com/content/sea...ispatch&is=dispatch&cp=1&rpp=20&keyword=drake

While I know the Ohio State University president get some additional perks besides his salary something is crazy when the athletic director of a university makes more in base salary than the president of that same University. The same thing is true about coaches salaries and the salaries of full-time professors. It makes me wonder what our priorities really are.
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Stop watching college football and buying merchandise. Be the change, start the revolution.
 
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UpNorth_Buckeye said:
May be unfair, but until surgeries are nationally televised and produce millions upon millions upon millions of dollars of profit, you are paid what you bring in.
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Uggh, you do know that the James and Wexner hospitals bring more dollars into the university through research contracts alone than the entire athletic department generates in revenue (not merely profit). Take the university's entire nearly $1B in annual research and the dollars to the university and economic impact to the state dwarf that of the athletic department.
 
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ORD_Buckeye said:
Uggh, you do know that the James and Wexner hospitals bring more dollars into the university through research contracts alone than the entire athletic department generates in revenue (not merely profit). Take the university's entire nearly $1B in annual research and the dollars to the university and economic impact to the state dwarf that of the athletic department.
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If that is the case, a more interesting statistic would be to see the total salary for doctors vs total salary for coaches. Because the riches that are brought in by the football team are only being spread over a select few, while I'm assuming there are more than 10 surgeons employed by the hospitals.
 
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