Amazing .. Local politics seesm to have penetrated all the way to the NCAA! Mow yhe NCAA seems to have adopted the meme used here in Seattle to oppose a minimum age! Now our former UW President, Marc Emmert, is claiming that paying football players and basketball players any wage would mean the[...]
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February 4th, 2015 - 11:12 am § in Hypocrisy, Schools & Colleges
Michael Young to Lead Action Against the Seahawks
Did Michael Young Leave the UW Because of the 12? Michael Young was a prominent Republican attorney long before he came to the UW as President. Now, this eminent attorney and the new President of Texas A&M is preparing for legal action against the Seattle Seahawks when the Seahawks’ r[...]
And so it goes … another UW President rides off
The Seattle Times Reports that Michael Young Has Been Offered The Presidency of Texas A&M The reason’s for Young’s leaving are not known. However, he had stated that A REASON FOR COMING HERE WAS THE HUGE LEVEL OF PRESTRIGE THE UW AS A RESERACH INSTITUTION. As the current legislatu[...]
Taxpayers Pay 3 million dollars to football coach?
Does the University of Michigan’s New Football Coach Need Food Stamps? Dean Baker, Huff Post: It turns out that the taxpayer subsidy to Jim Harbaugh is equal to an awful lot of food stamps, which are a useful reference point here, since Republicans have tried to vilify the program. If[...]
October 13th, 2014 - 10:46 am § in Misc.
The NFL’s Problems Begin in Academia: The view from FSU
A month ago, the UW Athletic Department gave its quarterback, Cyler Miles from Denver, a pass … punishing him with a one game suspension after he admitted participating in an assault on two fans of the Seahawks. How this man did not even get charged with a misdemeanor by the Seattle Police [...]
October 13th, 2014 - 9:29 am § in Misc.
UW Huskies: Phyllis Wise Gets Caught For Bad Scholarship
The former UW Provost and now Chancellor of the University of Illinois, after over deriding a UW faculty council as “incompetent” to review the work of a UW prof, is found guilty of scientific misconduct. October 10, 2014 by Andy Thomason Phyllis M. Wise, chancellor of the University o[...]
October 10th, 2014 - 9:44 am § in Misc.
The UW and Scholarship Priorities
University Of Chicago Draws Up Plan To End Use Of Student Loans |Another private university has trumped the “public” schools of the US by offering a full boat to academically elite students … just as the pubic colleges offer a full boat to athletes. From the AP: “The [...]
Big Ten is a step ahead
“The Big Ten conference announced Wednesday that all of its institutions will grant athletic scholarships for the entire term of an athlete’s enrollment, and allow some athletes who leave school to return and finish their degrees on scholarship.” Here is a link to Adam Rittenber[...]
AAUP Tags!
Click the dog to read more about the AAUP and the University of Washington.[...]
Letter to the President of the University of Washington
Dear President Young, My name is Anthony Washington. I am a former student-athlete at the University of Washington. I played under Lorenzo Romar from 2002-2004, before leaving after my sophomore year with 96 credits. A few days ago a friend of mine sent me a link to a story on ESPN by Adam Ritte[...]