Art Briles and his snotty-nosed kid need to be fired. I despise Briles.
Absolutely agree, but having been in/around academia for a good portion of my adult life, I can tell you there’s more here than meets the eye. Typically, these dismissals come after a series of run-ins between the board of regents and the president. If the college is successful academically and athletically (as Baylor has been), the regents have to wait for something else. In this case, it was a sex scandal involving members of the football team.
Since Baylor is a Texas school, there was no consideration of firing Briles, since the school has enjoyed unmatched success on the gridiron during his tenure. And, you can’t fire the AD, since he has capitalized on Baylor’s new-found athletic prowess to fund raise. So, who gets canned? The college president who had been fighting an on-going board with the regents.