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LAS VEGAS SUN EXAMINES RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UNLV, NIKE

          While Nike provides uniforms, shoes and gear for the
     UNLV men's and women's basketball teams and football team,
     only men's basketball coach Bill Bayno "receives money" from
     the relationship, according to Steve Addy of the LAS VEGAS
     SUN, who noted that Nike pays Bayno $125,000 annually,
     nearly matching his base salary of $136,000 from the school. 
     Bayno also receives a $6,500 allowance for wholesale Nike
     gear "to be used" at camps and clinics, $2,000 for personal
     gear and an annual retreat with Nike-affiliated coaches at
     "company expense."  Addy wrote that Bayno's deal with Nike
     "is not rare" among college basketball coaches, as Duke
     Univ.'s Mike Krzyzewski is paid $300,000 per year by the
     company.  Addy noted that Nike is affiliated with 17 schools
     and universities that "spent time" in last season's men's
     college basketball AP Top 25 (LAS VEGAS SUN, 5/17).
          SOLE OF THE MATTER: Also in Las Vegas, Dean Juipe: "For
     no other reason than the fact he coaches the world-renowned
     Rebels, Bayno has $125,000 annually funneled into his
     personal bank account by the magnanimous folks at Nike. ...
     There's something very unwholesome about seeing it [money
     from apparel companies] wasted on college coaches. ... It
     is, of course, outrageous that this money goes into the
     coaches' pockets, which is an act that does nothing but jack
     up the price of athletic apparel" (LAS VEGAS SUN, 5/17).

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