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Post by Aggie One on Oct 21, 2019 20:44:39 GMT -5
FAMU Athletics Director John Eason submits letter of resignation
Rory Sharrock, Tallahassee DemocratPublished 3:18 p.m. ET Oct. 21, 2019 | Updated 7:10 p.m. ET Oct. 21, 2019
 John Eason's short tenure as Florida A&M athletics director could be coming to a close. Eason told the Democrat that he recently submitted his letter of resignation to FAMU President Larry Robinson. However, Eason said Robinson at that time did not accept his offer to resign. Eason, who remains on the job, was scheduled to meet with Robinson on Monday. Efforts to reach Robinson was unsuccessful. "I was concerned about the budget and what was going on," Eason said Sunday following FAMU football's 34-31 overtime win against North Carolina A&T. "The president and I agreed to talk. I don't like to let things sit. There are a lot of things people don't see that go into this job." For the rest of the story:www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/college/famu/2019/10/21/famu-athletics-director-john-eason-submits-letter-resignation/4049558002/
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Post by DECKS on Oct 22, 2019 15:34:38 GMT -5
I don't think he ever intended to take the job long term.
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Post by Aggie One on Oct 22, 2019 17:41:41 GMT -5
He's been crunching the numbers between their revenue and fund raising efforts vs their deficit for months and he knows the money is just not there. He's probably had enough.
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Post by aggierattler on Oct 22, 2019 20:56:12 GMT -5
The newspaper put out a story saying that he's leaving.
The major TV station here did an on-air story saying that Dr. Eason told them that he has not submitted his resignation, that he is not thinking about leaving and that he's still their AD.
Seems like no one outside of the President's Office knows what his status is.
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Post by Aggie One on Oct 23, 2019 8:14:18 GMT -5
With that being said, their administration better soon get it together but quick. Its only a matter of time before DeSantos and his legislative minions come knocking with a final past due notice on those unpaid deficits. That is going to be ugly.
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Post by aggierattler on Oct 23, 2019 10:31:48 GMT -5
With that being said, their administration better soon get it together but quick. Its only a matter of time before DeSantos and his legislative minions come knocking with a final past due notice on those unpaid deficits. That is going to be ugly. |
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Post by aggieforlife on Oct 30, 2019 13:36:20 GMT -5
I see Rattlers are cutting to more Mens Programs..what is the number to stay D1
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Post by aggierattler on Oct 30, 2019 16:40:41 GMT -5
I see Rattlers are cutting to more Mens Programs..what is the number to stay D1 |
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Post by aggierattler on Oct 30, 2019 17:12:04 GMT -5
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Post by Freeze on Oct 30, 2019 17:29:12 GMT -5
YIKES!!! Why don't they just go ahead and drop to D2 already?? |
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Post by captaggie on Oct 30, 2019 17:43:29 GMT -5
Pride.
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Post by Bornthrilla on Oct 30, 2019 17:48:14 GMT -5
... cometh before the fall
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Post by Aggie One on Oct 30, 2019 18:44:43 GMT -5
YIKES!!! Why don't they just go ahead and drop to D2 already?? I give them 2 years at the outside before the move down is made. |
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Post by Freeze on Oct 30, 2019 19:01:28 GMT -5
YIKES!!! Why don't they just go ahead and drop to D2 already?? I give them 2 years at the outside before the move down is made. This all seems incredibly unsustainable. Cutting 800K? Taking commercial flights? Cutting up to 2 mens sports? I keep hearing FAM alumni declare they are not broke, but if the current Florida political system is set up as to where they can not charge student fees (or whatever odds they are up against) then they need to have a "come to Jesus moment" and deal with the hard realization that under the circumstances, they are not able to properly fund a D-1 program. I'm not trying to throw any shade. That's just what it is. Put your pride aside and do what's best for the student athletes and the institution. And if their alumni wants to fuss tell them they got one week to put up or shut up. |
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Post by pj on Oct 30, 2019 20:08:41 GMT -5
The Vision of the MEAC may be dimming. It's sad to see Great Schools struggle, NCCU, SCSU.
I felt the same way about WSSU.
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