Re: [MBZ] T.Boone or T.Boner, an Okie story.

2008-10-25 Thread Mitch Haley
Donald Snook wrote: Actually West Virginia is suing its former Coach Rich Rodriquez and the University of Michigan over a $4 Million buyout. I hadn't heard that. I suppose I should have noticed, considering I'm one of the Michigan taxpayers that they are suing. Given UofM's football perform

Re: [MBZ] T.Boone or T.Boner, an Okie story.

2008-10-25 Thread Donald Snook
"Nope, college contracts are never enforced against the employee. "we're sorry you decide to leave, have a great life"." Actually West Virginia is suing its former Coach Rich Rodriquez and the University of Michigan over a $4 Million buyout. Donald H. Snook __

Re: [MBZ] T.Boone or T.Boner, an Okie story.

2008-10-24 Thread Chuck Landenberger
I signed up for the OU Insider Forum Here is what was there.. Chuck PS... I wonder what he expected to get out of the windmill/natural gas idea he's been spewing.. Along with the CEO of Chesapeake Natural Gas... ~~~ "It Can Only Get Better -

Re: [MBZ] T.Boone or T.Boner, an Okie story.

2008-10-24 Thread Loren Faeth
Small detail, the university involved was OSU, not OU. I have no sympathy for OU or NU... When I was in college, I don't think OU had one player under 28 on the "collegiate" team. OSU, on the other hand does not have the big bucks that OU has. It is somewhat similar here: U of I churns out

Re: [MBZ] T.Boone or T.Boner, an Okie story.

2008-10-24 Thread Mitch Haley
Rich Thomas wrote: How much OU paying their football coach? Here in SC they just fired the coach and I think he still gets $3.5M to walk away. College coaching contracts are totally one-sided, because the people on one side of the deal aren't spending their own money, and the taxpayers who

Re: [MBZ] T.Boone or T.Boner, an Okie story.

2008-10-24 Thread Allan Streib
"Mitch Haley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I have no idea how in God's name they're going to get out of this. State > schools > don't exactly have an extra $300 million sitting around. They'll probably have to suck it up and do a bond issue. Typical result of having all your eggs in one basket

Re: [MBZ] T.Boone or T.Boner, an Okie story.

2008-10-24 Thread Rich Thomas
How much OU paying their football coach? Here in SC they just fired the coach and I think he still gets $3.5M to walk away. Meanwhile the state has a $488M shortfall and is spreading the misery around to the universities and everywhere else, but I doubt if that will affect the new coach's sal

[MBZ] T.Boone or T.Boner, an Okie story.

2008-10-24 Thread Mitch Haley
(found on the internet) You probably heard a few years ago that T. Boone Pickens, who chairs the hedge fund BP Capital Management, gave Oklahoma State a $165 million donation to be used all for helping the school's athletic program. And the largest portion of it was going to be used to beef up