Did Mike Price (Alabama) deserve to be fired?

[Lord MJ]

Is attending a strip club grant enough cause to be fired as head coach? I'm still having trouble seeing why Price deserved to be fired, even if his conduct is something considered sinful according to my Christian doctrine.


They have no evidence that he slept with two women, the only thing they have proof of is that he went to a strip club.

I think he should sue to university for taking away his livelihood, reputation, and his financial security. ]

Am I not seeing the whole picture here?


Anyway, Price may have new career opportunity soon, Georgia Tech will no doubt be getting rid of Chan Gailey after we finish < .500 next year. I'm sure Price could get the Tech job if he really wants it.

[Joe]

Yes, simply for being stupid. His behavior by itself isn't bad, in my opinion, but that being coupled with the fact that Alabama, in the state it's in, does NOT need a misbehaving coach right not, the sacking is deserved.

[Iceberg]

If his contract had a "public image of the University" clause (and most coaches' contracts do), then he can be let go for doing something that would diminish the university's image.

[Darth Wong]

He didn't deserve that job and its ridiculous salary in the first place. Of course, that's the way I feel about all of these outlandishly overpaid college sports coaches in the US, so take that for what it's worth.

[Alyrium Denryle]

*gives Mike a 5*

Irritates me as well. A baseball player, a person that has no value to society as a whole, get paid more in one year than the president and his entire cabinet.

[Darth Wong]

*gives Mike a 5*

Woohoo!

Irritates me as well. A baseball player, a person that has no value to society as a whole, get paid more in one year than the president and his entire cabinet.

Indeed. A typical medical researcher in the United States gets roughly $60,000 per year. A typical baseball player gets roughly $2-3 million per year.

In other words, we are told that a baseball player is worth more to society than FORTY medical researchers.

[Lord Sander]

Indeed. A typical medical researcher in the United States gets roughly $60,000 per year. A typical baseball player gets roughly $2-3 million per year.

In other words, we are told that a baseball player is worth more to society than FORTY medical researchers.

Bread and Games. Keeping the masses entertained is worth more to those who run society than keeping them safe/healthy/etc.

[Sir Sirius]

Going to a strip club is not a reason to fire someone at all no matter what their job is, neither is sleeping with two (or three or a dozen) women at once. In my oppinion that is, I don't know, ot care, about the laws in Alabama.

[haas mark]

I agree with Wong on that he should not get that salary, but I also don't feel that it's right that one should be fired for defiling some university's position.. I mean, really, if it has to be on the clause for coaches, it SHOULD be on the contract clause for professors, as well, I would think.

[jegs2]

Is attending a strip club grant enough cause to be fired as head coach? I'm still having trouble seeing why Price deserved to be fired, even if his conduct is something considered sinful according to my Christian doctrine.


They have no evidence that he slept with two women, the only thing they have proof of is that he went to a strip club.

I think he should sue to university for taking away his livelihood, reputation, and his financial security. ]

Am I not seeing the whole picture here?


Anyway, Price may have new career opportunity soon, Georgia Tech will no doubt be getting rid of Chan Gailey after we finish < .500 next year. I'm sure Price could get the Tech job if he really wants it.

Don't think any of us are seeing the whole picture. If I were a betting man, I'd say there was much more to the story than what we've been told. My guess is that all those allegations were an excuse for Bama to fire Price -- they probably didn't like something about how he intended to coach and recruit for the football team. Can't fire somebody for that though -- at least not right away...

[jegs2]

He didn't deserve that job and its ridiculous salary in the first place. Of course, that's the way I feel about all of these outlandishly overpaid college sports coaches in the US, so take that for what it's worth.

One could say that about nearly any form of entertainment. Entertainers make far too much money. Look at the multi-million dollar salaries sucked up by Hollywood types, who then feel that everyone needs to hear their opinions on politics to boot. Anyone come to mind?

[Kelly Antilles]

I thought he was caught drunk at a student's party heavily flirting with a female student.

[Lord MJ]

*gives Mike a 5*

Woohoo!

Irritates me as well. A baseball player, a person that has no value to society as a whole, get paid more in one year than the president and his entire cabinet.

Indeed. A typical medical researcher in the United States gets roughly $60,000 per year. A typical baseball player gets roughly $2-3 million per year.

In other words, we are told that a baseball player is worth more to society than FORTY medical researchers.

Of course that assumes that people are paid based on thier value to society. They are not, they are paid based on market demand and their ability to fatten the pockets of thier bosses.