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).
