[Vision2020] Mike Price SI story

[Melynda Huskey]

I don't often follow sports stories, and haven't got a thought about Mike 
Price's situation, but I note that a student athlete in Pullman has been 
arrested on suspicion of a Class C felony, professional gambling in the 
second degree.  Turpin was arrested in his apartment along with 12 other 
people.  He may be charged with facilitating professional gambling at his 
home (a felony), providing alcohol to minors, and possession of false 
identification.

I guess the Pullman police are stricter about garage casinos than their 
colleagues in Moscow--or David Turpin doesn't have the right connections.

Melynda Huskey


>From: "Carl Westberg" <carlwestberg846@hotmail.com>
>To: vision2020@moscow.com
>Subject: [Vision2020] Mike Price SI story
>Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 11:13:46 -0700
>
>The new issue of Sports Illustrated details the exploits of former 
>long-time WSU coach Mike Price, now ex short-term Alabama coach.  It's 
>rather sordid.  One can argue that he broke no laws, that he just used 
>incredibly bad judgment, and did not deserve to lose his job.  I don't 
>know.  What is unsettling is how incredibly important a man who coaches a 
>game has become in this country.  How is a coach worth a 10 million dollar, 
>7 year contract in a state like Alabama, where college football stadiums 
>are being expanded while the education budget is being slashed?  Here in 
>the northwest, Rick Neuheisel, the UW football coach, is the highest paid 
>state employee.  I believe, but I'm not certain, that the Boise State 
>football coach is the highest paid Idaho state employee.  I'm a major 
>sports fan myself, but how did college athletics become, to many in this 
>country, more important than college academics?  How do we return 
>collegiate sports to a more sane level of prestige?                         
>                                                                            
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>                                                                            
>                            Carl Westberg Jr.
>
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