Comments on: How the University of Alabama Became a National Player https://www.isegoria.net/2016/11/how-the-university-of-alabama-became-a-national-player/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Fri, 01 May 2026 21:33:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Sam J. https://www.isegoria.net/2016/11/how-the-university-of-alabama-became-a-national-player/comment-page-1/#comment-2512260 Sam J. Mon, 14 Nov 2016 17:02:49 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41049#comment-2512260 My Father went to a speech by the President of the University of Alabama and the whole speech was about what the were building. Not a word about education. They’re building wide open. They force the undergrads to live in the school housing.I

In defense of the football team, which I could care less about, they are a huge money maker. I used to think that it was obscene to pay the coaches so much more than the teachers until I listened to Paul Finebaum explain how the coaches’ pay could be recouped in as little as a year by a winning team. It’s really extraordinary amounts of money but you have to win.

]]> By: Bjorn Axehead https://www.isegoria.net/2016/11/how-the-university-of-alabama-became-a-national-player/comment-page-1/#comment-2510656 Bjorn Axehead Tue, 08 Nov 2016 16:40:02 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41049#comment-2510656 They really needed to do something. The school was becoming a degree mill with a football team. Top quarter of students with a 31 or higher ACT is impressive, even if the test has been dumbed down. Next, steadily upgrade the faculty and clip off the bottom quarter. Then clip it off again.

Take a guess at what the average ACT is of an incoming freshman at Grambling State, a well-know historically black college.

]]> By: Bob Sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2016/11/how-the-university-of-alabama-became-a-national-player/comment-page-1/#comment-2510579 Bob Sykes Tue, 08 Nov 2016 12:25:54 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=41049#comment-2510579 The Iron Law of Collegiate Ranking is that colleges and universities are judged by the research productivity of their faculties. Research grant monies, papers in prestigious journals, service on major national and international committees and Ph. D. candidates advised to completion are what counts, and in that order. Selective admissions and recruiting nationally are important, but they are secondary.

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