Did you really see this playing out any other way? If Iowa could figure out a way to do something bad and then look bad while addressing it, they'll do it. I think it's a minor miracle that they even offered to pay the money back given how tone deaf that administration is.
Racist UofI Hawkkks - Settlement Paid By Tax Payers
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Did you really see this playing out any other way? If Iowa could figure out a way to do something bad and then look bad while addressing it, they'll do it. I think it's a minor miracle that they even offered to pay the money back given how tone deaf that administration is.
You gotta think that Barta is on some really thin ice right now. Not that I want him to go, but when is the U of I president and the BOR going to say "enough is enough"? Seems their fans are at that point now.
I see this update has already been shared, but here's the DMR article on it.
University of Iowa athletics will repay state $2M for football discrimination settlement
State taxpayers are no longer on the hook for $2 million of the $4.2 million settlement.
www.desmoinesregister.com
Oh, I absolutely figured it would play out this way. It was so predictable and so dumb. Anyone with a functioning cortex would have said, "it's only $2 million, just pay it and move on" but U of I is too arrogant.
And in the end, aside from a week of bad press, they won't suffer and nothing will change.
Yep, and they all get to say they did the right thing in the end, ignoring the fact that the discrimination even took place, and they absolutely were not going to do the right thing until a little pressure was applied.
U of I has reneged on more iron clad deals. How about they pay first?
I'll wait until the check clears to celebrate.
I also think that i know the faculty side likely have had it over the years with this stuff...but now an additional $2 million is coming out of general funds that matter to them, too
KidSilverhair
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See, now where I can get a return like that guaranteed (although over a longer term than “overnight”)? Instead my retirement fund is in a government TSP account partially tied to the S&P that takes a crap every time Jerome Powell opens his mouth …
If you give up Barta you lose KF and I don't think the powers that be over there want to be in the position that they look like they were the reason for that.
Get in writing,. Then you can be the ADs next law suit.I see this update has already been shared, but here's the DMR article on it.
University of Iowa athletics will repay state $2M for football discrimination settlement
State taxpayers are no longer on the hook for $2 million of the $4.2 million settlement.www.desmoinesregister.com
That would raise my hackles if I was faculty. That should flat out come out of the A.D. budget
Outside of New Mexico State, is there a more scummy athletic department, from the top down, than Iowa’s?
