Kentucky Flunks Economics on Calipari

by David WhitleyFiled under: Kentucky, Louisville As if there were any doubt Kentucky has sold its soul for basketball glory, its $4-million-a-year coach is about to get a raise. Wow, imagine what John Calipari would be worth if his team's GPA were higher than Kentucky's equestrian team. Not the riders' GPA, the horses'. "I'm extremely proud of what Coach Calipari has done in just one year as the leader of our men's basketball program," Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart said. Pride is measured by one thing at Kentucky -- wins. That was almost always the case, but now there's no pretense that the school is anything more than a basketball weigh station for NBA wannabes. That would include Calipari, who's using his 35-3 debut to leverage a sweeter deal. Apparently, it's harder to get by in Lexington on $4 million a year than he first thought. So Calipari's name somehow was floated as a possible replacement for Vinny Del Negro with ...