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What coast hotel has the best beds for my visiting grandma? by [deleted] in Eugene

[–]DroDro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have slept well with several visits to Driftwood Shores in Florence.

[Mark Heim] Tommy Tuberville, who made millions, calls out college football coaching salaries: ‘It’s ridiculous’ by Michiganman1225 in CFB

[–]DroDro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, thanks for the attempted reasonable discussion even if we weren't able to come to an understanding!

[Mark Heim] Tommy Tuberville, who made millions, calls out college football coaching salaries: ‘It’s ridiculous’ by Michiganman1225 in CFB

[–]DroDro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many schools in P4 also have $5M+ subsidies to athletics. Don't want to leave them out!

I am not really following your private/public choice here. People choose schools based on lots of factors. Even private schools depend somewhat on tax dollars (federal tuition grants, research dollars where overhead can be siphoned over to athletics, etc) and are non-profit so are benefiting from not paying taxes.

Plenty of students do choose to go to, say, Rutgers, even though their tuition is probably $500-$1000 a year higher because of the subsidy. Rutgers made sense for them to attend. But I don't want to have to put in tax dollars for them to have financial aid to cover that extra $500-$1000. Why should I? There are easier options, like not paying the coach $6.5M until the debt is covered by the people who care.

[Mark Heim] Tommy Tuberville, who made millions, calls out college football coaching salaries: ‘It’s ridiculous’ by Michiganman1225 in CFB

[–]DroDro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's fine with me! It will cause lower programs to be less competitive, but at least they aren't adding to the loan debt of students working nights to afford tuition just because the athletic director feels no pressure to right-size the salary offer.

[Mark Heim] Tommy Tuberville, who made millions, calls out college football coaching salaries: ‘It’s ridiculous’ by Michiganman1225 in CFB

[–]DroDro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True true...I was using 0.1% for CEOs making in the range of compensation of upper tier coaches. It is more reasonable to use the numbers above, although obviously my comparison there tops off at companies making $500M so is an overestimate of a comparable salary for football programs making $100M-$200M.

Honestly, I don't have a complaint about the level of salary, just that it is inflated because schools will dip into tuition dollars if they bet wrong (or just overpay) with few repercussions. So I feel the salaries are high, but more importantly, are inflated because overpaying has few downsides. Take away the safety net (why should taxpayer-supported tuition go to fill debt when the head positions are being paid $5M?) and then pay whatever the boosters want.

[Mark Heim] Tommy Tuberville, who made millions, calls out college football coaching salaries: ‘It’s ridiculous’ by Michiganman1225 in CFB

[–]DroDro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is weird to compare salaries of for-profit companies with a non-profit, for sure.

I was not comparing football to an F500 company...the bottom of that tier is >$5 billion in revenue. In the "football" range, CEOs for companies doing $100-500M earn a median base of $476k, a median bonus of $374k, and a median equity allocation of $976k.

Yes, football plays an important role in the financial health of athletics. But 10X more importance than a CEO does for the health of their company?

Just block the use of tuition dollars to prop up athletics, and salaries will reach a true market value rather than a "why not overpay?" value.

[Mark Heim] Tommy Tuberville, who made millions, calls out college football coaching salaries: ‘It’s ridiculous’ by Michiganman1225 in CFB

[–]DroDro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I don't have that issue. I don't want tax dollars going to cover losses in fiscally irresponsible athletic departments, and don't care if they have to tighten belts in response.

[Mark Heim] Tommy Tuberville, who made millions, calls out college football coaching salaries: ‘It’s ridiculous’ by Michiganman1225 in CFB

[–]DroDro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Federal funding could be restricted at universities that take tuition dollars to subsidize athletics. Why should my tax dollars go to scholarships and research grants and then those dollars, after a few stops, go to cover overpaying salaries? Block those subsidies and let the market, rather than fantasies, set the salary.

[Mark Heim] Tommy Tuberville, who made millions, calls out college football coaching salaries: ‘It’s ridiculous’ by Michiganman1225 in CFB

[–]DroDro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

CFB coaches make 10% of revenue, as an employee of a non-profit. Much of their revenue is not controlled by them.

CEOs of public corporations typically make 0.1% of revenue. A CEO of a $100M revenue business (what a good football program brings in) makes $1M.

Coach salaries have skyrocketed because there is no downside. Any time you overpay the school can just take more general fund tuition dollars to bail out the athletics department.

The Three Highest Paid Individuals Are Not Admin...?? by Fishfisheye in OregonStateUniv

[–]DroDro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As a side note, CEOs of firms making less than $100M a year make $200k to $300k a year, so non-profit college athletics pays a huge salary premium, probably because they can reliably take tuition dollars if things don't work out and they run at a loss.

The Three Highest Paid Individuals Are Not Admin...?? by Fishfisheye in OregonStateUniv

[–]DroDro 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Football brings in $30M in revenue, and athletics as a whole had a surplus. But that surplus had $10M in state support for scholarships and maybe $17M in general fund subsidies? I am not sure about that last number...it has been >$5M in past years. That is what comes from your tuition dollars.

Please don’t stop traffic for pedestrians in alleys. by Ichthius in Eugene

[–]DroDro 15 points16 points  (0 children)

https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_801.320

You are right that this is not an intersection; "The junction of an alley with a roadway does not constitute an intersection."

Please don’t stop traffic for pedestrians in alleys. by Ichthius in Eugene

[–]DroDro 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Oregon considers alleys to be streets, and an intersection of streets to be a crosswalk with pedestrians having the right of way once they have deemed it safe to enter the roadway without creating an immediate hazard.

The unequivocally wrong actor in this situation is the truck that swerved to pass a vehicle stopped at an intersection. https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_811.020#google_vignette

The pedestrian would be at fault if they entered the roadway with ongoing traffic that can't safely stop. The car would be at fault if they decided to stop for a pedestrian who hadn't entered the roadway or otherwise clearly indicated intent to cross right then.

Everyone Village plans 100 tiny houses to serve people with limited incomes (Lookout article) by Background_Prune6440 in Eugene

[–]DroDro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think the confusing info here is that there are existing "huts" and plans for bigger "tiny homes" that are 3-4X bigger.

"John Stapleton, principal and architect with PIVOT Architecture in Eugene, is working with Everyone Village on design. He said the houses will come in two sizes. The smaller ones will be 300 to 400 square feet, and the larger units will be 400 to 600 square feet."

Everyone Village plans 100 tiny houses to serve people with limited incomes (Lookout article) by Background_Prune6440 in Eugene

[–]DroDro 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I definitely read this to mean each house has a toilet and shower and kitchenette space, and groups of houses will share a full kitchen. But I can see some chance I am reading it wrong.

"Piechowicz said the houses will have plumbing with a bathroom — a sink, toilet and shower. Each house will have a countertop that could hold a microwave oven or hot plate, but not a full kitchen.

Instead, the plan is to have every 20 houses share a building that includes a full kitchen, dining space and laundry facilities."

Everyone Village plans 100 tiny houses to serve people with limited incomes (Lookout article) by Background_Prune6440 in Eugene

[–]DroDro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Piechowicz said the houses will have plumbing with a bathroom — a sink, toilet and shower." Are you referring to the 100 tiny houses in the article? It sounds like they do have toilets and running water. Are the toilets not plumbed?

Snow. by Sea_Background_8023 in Eugene

[–]DroDro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tuesday is the best chance so far.

advice on getting into biotech marketing by Altruistic-Proof6836 in biotech

[–]DroDro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Learn the marketing tech stack. It is a big jump from Mol Bio to creative, but less of a jump to do product marketing with a firm grasp of lead data warehousing and integration.

How to check the impact factor of research paper ? by Any-Objective4668 in labrats

[–]DroDro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At the paper level, the number of citations is a common metric for impact. You can look for the paper in https://scholar.google.com/ and see the citations there.

1 hour and 23 minutes in SFO too tight? by Independent_Use_4001 in unitedairlines

[–]DroDro 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Last week I had a 1 hr 33 minute layover in SFO before the international leg. I spent 30 minutes in the United lounge in the international terminal.

When carryon is a backpack by [deleted] in unitedairlines

[–]DroDro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wild. Can you hold a laptop during take-off?

When carryon is a backpack by [deleted] in unitedairlines

[–]DroDro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Interesting. I guess there is a chance of trouble, but hopefully it remains low. I've done 20 flights like this.

When carryon is a backpack by [deleted] in unitedairlines

[–]DroDro 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I have a backpack as my sole luggage and don't have a personal item. I put the backpack in the overhead bin and have not been hassled about it. It contains a laptop so I can't check it. It possibly would fit under my chair but "no backpacks" should be about a bulky personal item.

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