Now for that other prof?
As you can remember, I had an editorial printed last month about profs wasting class time with indoctorinating students with opinions of UNRELATED topics.
http://www.kaleo.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2003/10/23/3f978f7c5b652?in_archive=1
Usually, on this blog, I complained the Poetry and Drama prof who wasted class time expressing hatred for the President.
But what about the Juvenille Deliquency prof who wasted class time whining about the coach's salary? Well, that's the topic today. Because AGAIN, he ended the class with his anti-June Jones agenda! It's time to set the record straight! (by the way, that prof's name is Dr. Knowles, no relation to Beyonce)
Fallacy #1 -coach Jones makes too much $$$
Reality- what June Jones is making is chump change compared to coach's of more prestigious programs like Southern Cal, Oklahoma, Miami, Florida State, Michigan, etc, who on average make 1.5 - 2 MILLION a year. By comparison, June Jones makes only $800,000.
And also what Dr. Knowles failed to tell the class is that around the same time UH offered June Jones the head coaching job, the NFL's San Diego Charger's offered him $1.5 MILLION. June went with the lesser paying job at UH, chump change in comparison. Yet, Knowles has the nerve to condem June Jones contract with UH?
Fallacy #2 - coach's salary is taking $$$ out of the professors
Reality - coach's salary is coming out of ticket sales, and TV profits People aren't paying that $$$ to pay professors, they're paying to (gasp) watch a football game! To add to that, 1/2 of June Jones' salary is coming from (gasp) private donations.
More people pay to watch June Jones' team play than to watch professors teach - therefore the coach gets more money. This is basic economics we are talking about here.
Now that I've pointed out June Jones' salary comes from ticket sales and TV $$$, Knowles must find another scapegoat for the state's problems. Especially when the university's budget is $800-million (according to http://www.hawaii.edu/admin/sloane.html) which even more makes June Jones salary look like chump change in comparison.
Fallacy #3 - June Jones salary is the reason why cops aren't making enough and because of that , crime will go up, which YOU will be a victim of (writer's note - Dr. Knowles ACUTALLY said that today, I'm not making it up!)
Reality- If all the school sports programs got eliminated, there would be more gang members, meaning more drive-bys, more robberies, more gang fights, etc. In fact, in the book that Dr. Knowles assigned, it mentioned that the late Kansas City Chiefs player Derrick Thomas saying that if it wasn't for community programs and sports, he would 've gotten in more trouble, and commited more crimes.
But then again, if all the sports programs are eliminated and youth crime increases, that just means that there will be a higher demand for juvenille deliquency experts. That means cha-ching $$$$$ for someone like Dr. Knowles.
Another Knowles comment - I dont care about what anyone of you write about me in the newspapers about my comments - I'm leaving soon and going to San Diego State
My comment: San Diego State is another sports-obsessed school! Plus, it got an even bigger fan base, since it's in one of the largest markets in the nation. In fact, in the early 90's, SDSU was seen as the West Coast version of U of Miami. The only reason why they dont have that image now is that SDSU football is no longer that good.
If Knowles wants a school that isn't obsessed with football, he should try teach at San Jose State, where hardly anyone even show up for the football games. Since that school is in the WAC (just like Hawaii), Knowles can make his rants all day about June Jones.
