bcnihao

January 20th, 2023 at 8:07 PM ^

Here's something on the value of the publicity generated by George Mason's March Madness run to the final four in 2006.  

"Mason’s improbable run was responsible for an estimated $677 million in free publicity from television, print and radio media.

"As a result, the university reported an 800% increase in traffic to its official website, while the university bookstore in the Johnson Center, which typically averaged $11,000 in weekly sales, brought in just shy of $1 million in the 10 days leading up to the Final Four. Admissions inquiries increased by 350% with out-of-state applications increasing by 40%."

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ZooWolverine

January 20th, 2023 at 1:06 PM ^

Exactly this, I'd be surprised if there was a single health system of any size that didn't lose money in that period.

Even as EDs (ERs) were slammed, and certain parts of the health system were overrun with patients, others were shut down or limited. Any elective surgery was delayed for a while, and even non-elective procedures that weren't extremely urgent were delayed. The health system is set up so that procedures produce a huge amount of revenue, so losing that was devastating.

In addition, many routine visits and healthcare for non-severe issues were delayed or canceled, either by the health system (to avoid spread or simply to ensure capacity was available for a Covid surge) or by the individual (deciding that the risk of being in a hospital wasn't worth the benefit of the small procedure).

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I'mTheStig

January 20th, 2023 at 3:03 PM ^

Yeah, I was guessing that elective things would be a loss of revenue but all the care needed during the height of the crisis that would offset the loss in revenue.

Thanks though.

Our shit for brains governor shut down "elective" surgeries here; my wife was awaiting a procedure for something pretty serious.  Her doc told her "I can prescribe Vicodin for you until this is all over".  :facepalm:

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StellaBlue

January 20th, 2023 at 4:42 PM ^

Are you referring to our Governor Whitmer in Michigan?  Shit for brains for following the best public health advice at the time?   I will gladly take her brains over yours any day of the week (or year or millenium) and thankfully a healthy majority of Michiganders agree with my positive assessment of her performance.   The mods are supposed to keep partisan politics off these pages but asshats like you slip through the cracks.   You do not display much in the way of intelligence or critical thinking, btw, so maybe you should just stfu on things you know nothing about.

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I'mTheStig

January 20th, 2023 at 5:18 PM ^

Are you referring to our Governor Whitmer in Michigan?  

No.

And I'm referring to things like a family friend of ours who had his heart surgery cancelled 24 hours before the procedure die due to the mandate here where his surgery was classified as "elective". 

Or my next door neighbor who broke her hip in a fall and now walks with a limp because her surgery was classified as "elective" and had to wait while the injury healed improperly.

Or a medical professional offering to make my wife an opioid junky as a workaround from her surgery being classified as "elective"

You do not display much in the way of intelligence or critical thinking,

Which is weird coming from someone as smart as you think you are and whom made assumptions about my post without having any facts in hand.

btw, so maybe you should just stfu on things you know nothing about.

Like in the Twitter thread from earlier today... "Social media made y'all way to[o] comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it."  -- Mike Tyson

You stay classy there!

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1VaBlue1

January 20th, 2023 at 11:54 AM ^

I don't care who you are or what level your position is, if you have direct reports that you haven't spoken to for 7 months you are derelict in your job performance.  And it doesn't matter one fucking bit whether you like that person, or not.  It is more than enough reason to lose your job.

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Wolverine In Exile

January 20th, 2023 at 12:46 PM ^

Unfortunately, I wouldn't be surprised if this type of administrative oversight isn't more common across campus. More and more of my interactions with key faculty members and staff members at the boots on ground level paint a picture to me of a larger administrative body that's engaged in significant fart sniffery and not realizing there are a LOT of cracks forming in the dam that their predecessors built. 

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MadGatter

January 20th, 2023 at 11:16 AM ^

At the University of Michigan where the football program literally pays for the entire department and is why boosters donate money (even for non athletic donations). How much direct and indirect revenue does the football program generate for the school? 200-300 million+ every year? And Warde Manuel can't figure out a professional working relationship with the head coach? What are we doing here

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charblue.

January 20th, 2023 at 12:44 PM ^

They have figured it out. They don't talk to each other and use go-betweens to deliver messages. I've read this in multiple stories now.

In particular, the problem with the latest contract situation was an outgrowth of this failure to communicate directly. Manuel wanted Harbaugh to manage this NCAA hassle without putting Michigan's reputation on the line. 

And Harbaugh doesn't want to acknowledge that he lied about something that puts his own integrity in jeopardy for institutional stability. Remember, these two guys were teammates at Michigan. So they've known each other since their own playing days at the school in the mid-80-s. 

I mean the NCAA compliance enforcement is basically trying to make an example out of Harbaugh and Michigan to shore up its own reputation. Manuel understands he can't be the reason Harbaugh might leave, on the other hand he doesn't want to push the envelope of an NCAA challenge. He's in a very poor leverage situation at this point regardless of his relationship with the coach or his grip on supervision of the athletic program because he has a new boss looking over his shoulder.

We are in a real soap opera situation as others have correctly pointed out.  

 

 

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HAIL-YEA

January 20th, 2023 at 5:29 PM ^

You act like there is no option for Warde to back his coach anyway. Regardless of how he feels,  there is no case to be made that UM athletics would be better off without Harbaugh right now. The thing someone who is good at their job would do is back the coach, even if you don't agree or like him. 

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bdneely4

January 20th, 2023 at 12:42 PM ^

I’m sorry but this is just a lazy take. Jim Harbaugh has had many bosses throughout his coaching career and it seems 2-3 of them were not the best of relationships. He has also coached thousands of players throughout his coaching career and a very small minority have been outspoken about him as a hard coach to deal with. What about hearing from all the other bosses, coaches and players that talk about how much they love him or would that be too difficult and not fit the narrative of the minority that for some reason don’t like Jim?

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