Salt Lake Tribune:
Five years after Pac-12 invite, Utes are still Power Five paupers
During a particularly upbeat cabinet meeting not long after the Pac-12 invited Utah to join the conference, athletic director Chris Hill tried to sober U. leaders with the thought that they'd soon share the room with a coach who earned more than $2 million per year.
That $16 million football center the U. had planned to build? It needed to be a $34 million football center.
They'd also need to hire new employees — roughly 40, to date.
Everything, down to the printing, postage and linen service — which combine for more than $530,000 in the most recent budget — needed to be on par with 11 schools that spent more freely.
http://www.sltrib.com/sports/2672131-155/five-years-after-pac-12-invite-utes
Five years after Pac-12 invite, Utes are still Power Five paupers
During a particularly upbeat cabinet meeting not long after the Pac-12 invited Utah to join the conference, athletic director Chris Hill tried to sober U. leaders with the thought that they'd soon share the room with a coach who earned more than $2 million per year.
That $16 million football center the U. had planned to build? It needed to be a $34 million football center.
They'd also need to hire new employees — roughly 40, to date.
Everything, down to the printing, postage and linen service — which combine for more than $530,000 in the most recent budget — needed to be on par with 11 schools that spent more freely.
http://www.sltrib.com/sports/2672131-155/five-years-after-pac-12-invite-utes
