travlerajm
Talk Tennis Guru
It’s always easiest path to do what your father did before you.
college tennis coaches salaries
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Permitlady
Professional
people are a bunch of wagies here. not every dollar is earned with your time. we were forced to get poison shots to line pockets for crying out loud
bobleenov1963
Hall of Fame
I forgot to mention that Georgetown University is located in Washington DC, the land of corrupted government officials, both at the federal and local levels. Gordon Ernst thought that: hey if they could get away with being corrupted, why not me? In other words, he fit right in.
Right. Forgot to mention the first family of grift.
Permitlady
Professional
question do you think nepotism is corruption?
travlerajm
Talk Tennis Guru
There is some gray area, but in general yes.
I asked Chat GPT for you.
Nepotism is a form of favoritism that involves showing special treatment to family members or friends, especially when it comes to employment or job opportunities. While nepotism can lead to unfair advantages and discrimination against others who may be more qualified, it is not necessarily considered corruption in and of itself.
Corruption typically refers to the abuse of power or authority for personal gain, often involving bribery, embezzlement, or other illegal or unethical actions. While nepotism can sometimes be a component of corruption, not all cases of nepotism involve corruption, and not all cases of corruption involve nepotism.
That being said, nepotism can still have negative consequences and can undermine trust and confidence in institutions or organizations where it occurs. It is generally considered unethical and can lead to perceptions of unfairness or bias.
bobleenov1963
Hall of Fame
Nepotism might be corruption but as long as it is done within the law, it is legal. What Ernst did is illegal.
At my wife's workplace, it is prohibited to hire direct members of the families/relatives for positions that report directly to you, and the same goes with college internships; however, there are ways to work around that rule. My wife will hire my neighbor's college student for her company internship and the neighbor will hire my kid for his company internship position. That's perfectly legal but it doesn't make it right.
travlerajm
Talk Tennis Guru
Those internship entitlement expectations can get really awkward.
Permitlady
Professional
yes its perfectly legal and corrupt
bobleenov1963
Hall of Fame
Most people don't care because they just follow orders from senior leadership. Their jobs might be in jeopardy if they don't follow through.
Yes, it is corrupt and legal so you don't run into trouble with the law.
Don't confuse nepotism as always being corrupt. I work in one of the worlds largest technology sectors (telecommunications) and hiring of immediate family as long as they do not work for the same boss is widely accepted at many companies I can think of.
bobleenov1963
Hall of Fame
Is it corrupt then if the immediate family member is less qualified than other candidates and yet he/she is hired anyway? That is going on in just about any workplace that I've been working at.
Permitlady
Professional
If I break the law
widely accepted corruption makes it special I guess
Ex-Georgetown coach sentenced in bribery case
Gordon Ernst, a former Georgetown University tennis coach, was sentenced Friday to 2 1/2 years in prison for pocketing more than $3 million in the well-publicized college admissions bribery scandal.www.espn.com
Surrounded by families with wealth and prestige at Georgetown, Ernst -- whose starting salary was $55,000 -- told himself he wasn't hurting anyone or his team by accepting the bribes, his lawyers wrote.
I am very surprised that there aren't more cheating scandals in college tennis. Paying a tennis coach 55K/year at Georgetown University, in one of highest cost of living area in the US. What do they expect?
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Former UT coach Michael Center sentenced to six months in connection with admissions scandal
Center took a $100,000 bribe in exchange for marking a prospective student a tennis recruit. The student had no background in tennis and left the team shortly after being accepted into the university.
www.texastribune.org
What's your rationale for the Texas coach in this same scandal? I'm sure his compensation was much more than $55k/year.
Some people have a strong moral compass, others' moral compasses are not so strong. We see this in all aspects of life: personal, academics, business, politics, etc.
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bobleenov1963
Hall of Fame
UT Austin doesn't charge 80K/yr like Georgetown University vs. less than 30K/yr at Texas. It is not a fair comparison.Former UT coach Michael Center sentenced to six months in connection with admissions scandal
Center took a $100,000 bribe in exchange for marking a prospective student a tennis recruit. The student had no background in tennis and left the team shortly after being accepted into the university.
What's your rationale for the Texas coach in this same scandal? I'm sure his compensation was much more than $55k/year.
Some people have a strong moral compass, others' moral compass are not so strong. We see this in all aspects of life: personal, academics, business, politics, etc.
jangotango
Semi-Pro
The amount he accepted was also far less. I believe $40k donation and $60k pocketed for $100k total. He also built the 2019 NCAA winning team.
Telecommunications companies often have extensive operations in rural areas where help is hard to find, hiring family members is HR approved. My guess is you may have thought by my saying "widely accepted" is that hiring managers just went around the rules which is not the case in my example.
Didn't say that or imply that, you did.