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(10-08-2020 11:30 AM)OKIcat Wrote:  

(10-08-2020 08:33 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  I think this is the place to post this news, but looks like Miami U is furloughing 115 people in their athletic department. I assume that is everyone right?

https://footballscoop.com/news/miami-ohi...f-members/

Four thoughts:

1. I agree, it does sound as if it's the whole department.
2. Is Miami's President taking a temporary pay cut of some amount? It would at least send a signal that "we're all in this together." Rather hypocritical if he doesn't.
3. About the only excitement in a MAC football season is if they upset a name brand opponent pre-conference. That's out the window now and a November season may well be the equivalent of a tree falling in the forest with no one to hear it.
4. It does beg the question, will Mami football or basketball ever be nationally relevant again? I think not.

Miami's Pres. is doing the right thing. Companies where I was a VP/CFO we at the top would take a double hit versus the rest of the organization. If we had to cut the rank and file 10% we cut ours 20%. Those cutbacks only happened two times in 25 years as CFO but that is leadership.