Question for Mary Schulken

Hi Mary! How ya doing? ECU football bringing any excitement to Greenville these days?

Just wanted to ask you and all your editorial buddies a question!

[B][U]In just 6 days, Charlotte 49er football has generated $2,000,000+ in official pledges toward football. Yep $2m[/U][U] ----in addition a multi millon dollar private pledge.[/U][/B]

Is this money robbing the academic side? Was this 2m (in 6 days) really diverted from academia into sports?

Looks like what we all told you, and Jim Utter’s blog told you, was accurate. [COLOR=Red]There is money on the sidelines for this entity[/COLOR] [COLOR=Red]that was NEVER going to academics[/COLOR].

You should admit you were wrong honey buns.

love ya, mean it

We need to all email Schulken and Washburn. Anyone have their emails? Anyone have a pic of Norm giving the finger?:biggrin:

I am waiting on Mary’s columns about NC state’s athletic fee proposal to go up $55 per student, and how Butch Davis’ $2 million a year aren’t worth it and would be better spent on academics.

I should probably just keep waiting. . . . .

We need to all email Schulken and Washburn. Anyone have their emails? Anyone have a pic of Norm giving the finger?:biggrin:

[FONT=Arial][/FONT] [B][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]mwashburn@charlotteobserver.com[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]

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[B]mschulken@charlotteobserver.com[/B][/SIZE][/FONT]

and how Butch Davis' $2 million a year aren't worth it and would be better spent on academics.

2 mil? That’s ridiculous…he was a terrible NFL coach…he didn’t deserve that kind of salary:huh:
-But seriously where’s the “uproar” over that information.

[QUOTE=ninerID;345083]I am waiting on Mary’s columns about NC state’s athletic fee proposal to go up $55 per student, and how Butch Davis’ $2 million a year aren’t worth it and would be better spent on academics.

I should probably just keep waiting. . . . .[/QUOTE]

The Observer only covers the local teams. They probably won’t write an article about a school 2+ hours away…

Maybe it’s just me, but I’d wait to get to $5 million before I started rubbing people’s nose in stuff.

Maybe it's just me, but I'd wait to get to $5 million before I started rubbing people's nose in stuff.

I agree, lets not get ahead of ourselves, there has not been any money collected yet. Wait until November.

Maybe it's just me, but I'd wait to get to $5 million before I started rubbing people's nose in stuff.

I agree somewhat, but we are way ahead of the curve…we have until June!
(assuming they begin the official drive Jan 1)

Washburn emailed me back and said, “thx for the update, hope yall get it”

yeah…right

Skanklen needs to be made aware of the 2mill spending on a coach over at UNC-CH.

If she doesnt speak on it, she needs to be fired for being biased.

Skanklen needs to be made aware of the 2mill spending on a coach over at UNC-CH.

If she doesnt speak on it, she needs to be fired for being biased.


she knows, Butch’s salary has been a topic in the editorial section multiple times

How does she feel about it Metro? I havent had the pleasure of reading her column…

[QUOTE=Mr. Bojangles;345097]The Observer only covers the local teams. They probably won’t write an article about a school 2+ hours away…[/QUOTE]

Great jersey in the avatar.

Maybe it's just me, but I'd wait to get to $5 million before I started rubbing people's nose in stuff.

…ever the optimist…as usual, thanks for the support Mike!

Isn’t this newsworthy Mike?

[QUOTE=Mr. Bojangles;345097]The Observer only covers the local teams. They probably won’t write an article about a school 2+ hours away…[/QUOTE] Hilarious. I noticed Mike had no comment.

[QUOTE=Mike_Persinger;345100]Maybe it’s just me, but I’d wait before I started rubbing people’s nose in stuff.[/QUOTE]I somewhat agree with this. But you also sound like you don’t think we’ll get it.

[QUOTE=Mike_Persinger;345100]Maybe it’s just me, but I’d wait to get to $5 million before I started rubbing people’s nose in stuff.[/QUOTE]

Shoulda’ told that to Mary before she started mouthing off I guess. We, on the other hand, have reason to go ahead and point out hypocrisies because we’ve raised more money in 6 days than Chapel Hill paid their ****ty coach to keep losing games. Although I have to admit, it was worth them smashing a horrible Rutgers team just so ESPN could show the (what was it, 0-20) graphic from Chapel Hill playing away from NC. We’ve got until June to basically duplicate what we’ve done in less than a week. What’s more important, here, however, to me, is that I’ve learned these past few months through the Observer that hypocrisy is a form of professionalism. That, and continued hatred is the #1 benefactor of us getting football and growing and getting better than other schools. So, keep it up, hypocrites and haters, you’re funding this operation. A big Hokie Hokie Hi and NINER NATION should just about sum things up.

Damn, Ninerball… you are the man!

Shoulda' told that to Mary before she started mouthing off I guess. We, on the other hand, have reason to go ahead and point out hypocrisies because we've raised more money in 6 days than Chapel Hill paid their ****ty coach to keep losing games. Although I have to admit, it was worth them smashing a horrible Rutgers team just so ESPN could show the (what was it, 0-20) graphic from Chapel Hill playing away from NC. We've got until June to basically duplicate what we've done in less than a week. What's more important, here, however, to me, is that I've learned these past few months through the Observer that hypocrisy is a form of professionalism. That, and continued hatred is the #1 benefactor of us getting football and growing and getting better than other schools. So, keep it up, hypocrites and haters, you're funding this operation. A big Hokie Hokie Hi and NINER NATION should just about sum things up.

post of the week.