Courier-Journal
Joseph Gerth, @Joe_Gerth
I don't get this love affair with Tom Jurich, the soon-to-be-gone athletic director at the University of Louisville.
Or at least I hope he's soon to be gone.
Don't get me wrong. I can see the construction that has gone on along Floyd Street and Third Street, with all kinds of fields and stadiums where there used to be worn-out industrial buildings and dirty convenience stores.
He deserves credit for that.
And I know that several programs have risen to national prominence on his watch, including the school's baseball team and its women's basketball team.
Credit there, too.
But at some point, don't we all – including some of the big-money donors to U of L athletics who are waging a public relations campaign to save Jurich's job – have to say enough is enough?
It's not just strippers in dorms. It's not even just the federal investigation into paying players thousands and thousands of dollars to play amateur athletics.
At some point, you've got to hold responsible the people who are responsible.
Consider one of the biggest defenses Jurich’s supporters offer up: His programs make money. Guess what? It’s not true. The latest reporting from my colleague, Andrew Wolfson, shows that when you get right down to it, Jurich runs a money-losing program.
http://www.courier-journal.com/stor...ruiting-scandal-time-tom-jurich-go/738739001/
Joseph Gerth, @Joe_Gerth
I don't get this love affair with Tom Jurich, the soon-to-be-gone athletic director at the University of Louisville.
Or at least I hope he's soon to be gone.
Don't get me wrong. I can see the construction that has gone on along Floyd Street and Third Street, with all kinds of fields and stadiums where there used to be worn-out industrial buildings and dirty convenience stores.
He deserves credit for that.
And I know that several programs have risen to national prominence on his watch, including the school's baseball team and its women's basketball team.
Credit there, too.
But at some point, don't we all – including some of the big-money donors to U of L athletics who are waging a public relations campaign to save Jurich's job – have to say enough is enough?
It's not just strippers in dorms. It's not even just the federal investigation into paying players thousands and thousands of dollars to play amateur athletics.
At some point, you've got to hold responsible the people who are responsible.
Consider one of the biggest defenses Jurich’s supporters offer up: His programs make money. Guess what? It’s not true. The latest reporting from my colleague, Andrew Wolfson, shows that when you get right down to it, Jurich runs a money-losing program.
http://www.courier-journal.com/stor...ruiting-scandal-time-tom-jurich-go/738739001/
