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I don’t why this is so hard for people to understand. It does not do the coach’s former school any good if he accepts a job for less than market value. That the whole point of requiring the coach to look for a new job in the contract is to get the payout offset.
Who knows who granted the permission. Just odd that there is clearly anti nepotism policies in place and that they were not applied or circumvented on multiple fronts.
I believe most schools have those policies but in athletics it tends to be looser. Look around at other schools, you will see similar. Ferentz and Beamer had their kids on the staff, for example.
Additionally, the RU softball coach’s husband is on her staff. I believe WBB hired two coaches from UCLA who are married to each other.
FWIW, I've linked Rutgers' anti-nepotism policy. https://policies.rutgers.edu/B.aspx?BookId=12078&PageId=459433
1. Policy Statement
Members of the same family or household may be selected for faculty and staff positions when it has been determined that they are qualified for the position and their selection does not conflict with the provisions of this policy.
Members of the same family or household may be selected for faculty and staff positions when it has been determined that they are qualified for the position and their selection does not conflict with the provisions of this policy.
If you continue to read the statement, you will see "Members of the same family or household may not be selected for faculty or staff positions if selection would create a supervisor/subordinate relationship between family and household members." (third paragraph of #6) Is the Director of Player Personnel a subordinate of GS?? If the son isn't entirely in the football program, then maybe he's not.
Big difference with Beamer and Ferentz. Both fathers have been quotes as saying that their sons had to prove themselves other places before they were allowed to join their staffs. Ferentz played in the NFL and worked on numerous staffs prior to joining his father. Beamer coached for 10 years in the SEC before coming back to Va tech. The other coaches are established and have a resume. The Schiano hires are the definition of nepotism.
A "good" or perhaps a "bad" lawyer will cherry pick the portions of a statute or case that fits their narrative! Kidding aside, supervisor/subordinate, may not include "head coach" and whatever lower level roles are assigned to various assistants who may be supervised by position coaches or coordinators. Do you agree?
It says faculty or staff meaning the academic and operations side of the university. It doesn’t address athletics specifically.
It seems to me that "staff" includes every employee, including those working in athletics, and that an express exemption would have been carved out for athletics if it was intended to exclude them.
Athletics is Staff, the AD, and all subordinates: all four Schianos are listed as part of the Athletics "staff."
Staff Directory - Rutgers University Athletics
The official Roster for the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights
scarletknights.com
3. Who Should Read This Policy
All members of the Rutgers University community
Eric O'Neil was a better player at JMU than he's been at RU so far. Quite a few of those JMU transfers have been impact players at Indiana. I wonder why that is?
#Coaching Matters.
Usually we agree, but I think he is dealing wiht B1GGER and Stronger players int he B1G.
Size matters, but don't tell my better half.
Counterpoint, the bigger guys Rutgers has currently aren't even half as productive as O'Neill has been.
Agreed.
Thanks, I will tell my better half, that while smaller, I'm twice as productive as bigger guys!!!
There are a lot of fat people in the South.
People here say Pharma companies will not spend money on college athletics.
I would be one of those people lol. This is the first time I can think of where I’ve seen pharma marketing in sports like this.
I brought it up and posted it here specifically for that reason.
Eli Lilly anyone lol…that’s the other behemoth in weight loss drugs
Andrew Aurich left Rutgers in 2023 as TE coach. Maybe Greg was holding him back?
In his first season as head ball coach, he won the Ivy League championship, becoming the first Harvard coach to ever win an Ivy championship in his first season. He's currently 6-0 and on his way to 7-0.
He runs a slappin' Red Zone Offense too.
In his first season as head ball coach, he won the Ivy League championship, becoming the first Harvard coach to ever win an Ivy championship in his first season. He's currently 6-0 and on his way to 7-0.
He runs a slappin' Red Zone Offense too.
This is what I've been saying here a bunch of times. Without transparency, you can't really trust all the numbers and headlines you see out there. It can be real, misleading or outright lies...no way to know.....and this is even for people operating in the space let alone outsiders.
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A fair point, but the JMU transfers at Indiana haven't had the same issues in the last 2 seasons. They've adjusted pretty well.