Sunday, March 20, 2016

March madness

Tens of thousands of fans spend a great deal of money to attend March Madness games. How many of them donate equivalent amounts of money to the academic departments that educated them?
That's March madness.

No faculty member, not even a Nobel Prize winner, makes a salary comparable to the basketball coach. That's March madness.

The basketball coach can hug his players and pat them on their asses. He can ask for additional perks for the players and expect to get them. If a faculty member would ask for additional money, there is none. And a hug and a pat on the ass, it's straight to sexual harassment. That's March madness.

Though I may be a prick about this, it certainly pricks my sensibilities.

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