Under normal circumstances, when a major university has an unsuccessful sports team with a poor record, at some point, the university's athletic director considers firing the coach.
Well, according to probably an urban myth and yet another conservative email (that HeyNoni used to complain about), Oregon State University Athletic Director Bob DeCarolis was considering firing their basketball coach, Craig Robinson, after an 8-11 start (2-5 in the Pac 10 conference).
At the some point, the Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter was dispatched to Corvallis with $17 million in stimulus money for the university.
Oregon State University's basketball coach's job was saved for at least 1 year.
You might say, "What does $17,000,000.00, from the Obama slush fund have to do with coach Robinson?"
For the record, Coach Robinson just happens to be Michelle Obama's brother.
See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Robin... Could you imagine the number of panties in a wad had the coach's name been Coach Bush?