Charlie Weiss guilty of high level shoplifting
Hey guys’ and dolls’ have you ever been in a store and witnessed a fellow shopper being taken to the “back room” after having been caught “boosting” as we define the act of shoplifting in urban circles?
Usually, if that person is a first time offender after they are interrogated, they are generally escorted to the door and instructed never to return. However, if they return undetected and are apprehended again, chances are a trip to the “pokey” is par for the course.
I have a sneaking suspicion that may not be true for the “professional fat cat” boosters’.”
On September 28, 2014 Kevin McGuire posted a piece on collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com titled, “Charlie Weis has decided financial advantage in buyout money,” McGuire wrote; “According to the contract Weis had at Kansas, he will be paid $5.625 million in buyout money between now and December 31, 2016. According to USA Today reporter Steve Berkowitz, via Twitter, it is likely Weis will be paid an estimated $2.5 million per year by Kansas to not be the head coach. It gets better for Weis, at least in terms of buyout money.”
McGuire also talked about the contract that the University of Notre Dame is forced to honor the deposed Notre Dame Head Coach. McGuire went on to say, “Notre Dame is still paying Weis for their buyout of his former head coaching contract in South Bend.
In all, Notre Dame and Kansas will be paying Weis an estimated $4.6 million to not coach their football programs through the end of 2015.”
This buyout crap is a huge crock of BS boys’ and girls’ and here’s why. If a player does anything wrong or if he becomes injured he may be released from the team without cause even if he or she has suffered an irreparable injury.
“A Fight to Keep College Athletes From the Pain of Injury Costs,” written by Ben Strauss for nytimes.com on April 24, 2014 gets to the heart of the matter. Strauss wrote that; “Under N.C.A.A. rules, players can still lose their scholarships after being hurt, often pay for their own insurance and are generally responsible for long-term health care for injuries sustained on the playing field.”
This is ptomaine and insane. If an athlete is injured not only is there a possibility that they could lose their scholarship they could theoretically be forced to pay their own medical bills.
That is like forcing a slave to pick cotton and when the worker passes out from sun stroke, the laborer must pay the doctor bill. But, but, but….Charlie Weis can sit back on his bum and be paid for failure. I mean, they are paying this lazy, shady, shyster not to coach. Just stay out of the way Mr. Weiss, continue to be incompetent and get paid “just because.”
The NCAA should have a law in place as far as their “hiring practices” are concerned that would prohibit maximum compensation amounts for buyouts that could be tendered to any coach during the lifetime of their NCAA tenure. They should set a ceiling of let’s say 5 million dollars for buyout or severance compensation for any coach that is fired. If the coach chooses to take the entire amount all at once, that is their prerogative, but no additional monies would be due to that coach, even if that individual is fortunate enough to land another head coaching or coaching position and is again terminated.
At that juncture the individual would be ineligible to receive any other type of “severance pay or separation compensation” from the NCAA or any of its member institutions, period. There are NCAA limits on scholarships, athlete’s receiving gifts and athletic eligibility. Yet there is almost no limit on what a coach can earn, nor does a coach have to honor a mandatory waiting period if they decide to accept employment at another school, unlike most of the scenarios that the athletes’ must face when they decide to transfer from one school to another.
The Charlie Weiss “buy out” and the definition of that particular contract stipulation is shady because when I hear it I immediately flash back to the question that Samuel L. Jackson asks for Capital One when he is pitching their credit card; “what’s in your wallet.”
That question might be the beginning of any inquiry that Charlie Weiss might conduct before he even considers signing on for any collegiate head coaching job. Not caring about the quality of the available athletes or facilities but only the depth of schools pocket book.
In my opinion he has committed nothing less that high level shoplifting. Can’t you imagine listening to a conversation of a mall cop and his supervisor over the radio?
Mall cop; “we have detained a shoplifter.” Supervisor; “does the subject have any identification?” Mall cop; “Yes his name is Charlie Weiss.” Supervisor; “release subject, I repeat, release subject, immediately. He has ongoing and limitless access to any product that we sell. He is allowed to take what he wants.”
Sound crazy, just ask Charlie Weiss.
(Sources for this article were /collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com and nytimes.com)
Aubrey Bruce can be reached at: abruce@newpittsburghcourier.com or 412.583.6741
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