New Posts For Thread: Honorary doctorates for sportspeoplehttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29367719/honorary-doctorates-for-sportspeopleI cannot countenance this inane practice -another example of the general dumbing down and celebritisation of academia which I have witnessed with distress over several decades.But of the latest batch in UCC today -I'm utterly bemused over Mary O'ConnHappy to be brought up to date on the doings of the great man .I must try to find out more from some of my agents in the field about the mechanics of this.Business and sports you say ...hmm... yes , I suppose one can see how that might have been thouhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29367719/honorary-doctorates-for-sportspeople?post_id=523963055#523963055Happy to be brought up to date on the doings of the great man .I must try to find out more from some of my agents in the field about the mechanics of this.Business and sports you say ...hmm... yes , I suppose one can see how that might have been thouSun, 09 Sep 2012 11:42:18 -0500The business campus and the sports department would be the main sections to benefit.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29367719/honorary-doctorates-for-sportspeople?post_id=523961963#523961963The business campus and the sports department would be the main sections to benefit.Sun, 09 Sep 2012 11:12:28 -0500Oh ,ok ...any details available on the endowments ?https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29367719/honorary-doctorates-for-sportspeople?post_id=523960557#523960557Oh ,ok ...any details available on the endowments ?Sun, 09 Sep 2012 10:35:25 -0500Get with the times.........they have milked the man for years.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29367719/honorary-doctorates-for-sportspeople?post_id=523959995#523959995Get with the times.........they have milked the man for years.Sun, 09 Sep 2012 10:21:44 -0500Mind you -since we're ploughing this particular furrow of honours for dosh - the University of Limerick are surely missing a trick by not courting the favours of a renowned son of the county...I give you a certain Mr. J P McManus.A sheaf of degree shttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29367719/honorary-doctorates-for-sportspeople?post_id=523959647#523959647Mind you -since we're ploughing this particular furrow of honours for dosh - the University of Limerick are surely missing a trick by not courting the favours of a renowned son of the county...I give you a certain Mr. J P McManus.A sheaf of degree sSun, 09 Sep 2012 10:12:08 -0500AOB's nominations are worth a fortune alone so he is comfortably worth several million. That being said he isn't going to be funding any buildings there.I'd imagine the whole thing was yet more posturing from good auld Mick Murphy.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29367719/honorary-doctorates-for-sportspeople?post_id=523957951#523957951AOB's nominations are worth a fortune alone so he is comfortably worth several million. That being said he isn't going to be funding any buildings there.I'd imagine the whole thing was yet more posturing from good auld Mick Murphy.Sun, 09 Sep 2012 08:58:29 -0500Perhaps Brian Cody could donate a trunk full of old Kilkenny match programmes ...might be worth a few bob eventually.Trading ( erstwhile) prestigious academic awards for financial benefit can pay off in the most surprising ways.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29367719/honorary-doctorates-for-sportspeople?post_id=523956925#523956925Perhaps Brian Cody could donate a trunk full of old Kilkenny match programmes ...might be worth a few bob eventually.Trading ( erstwhile) prestigious academic awards for financial benefit can pay off in the most surprising ways.Sun, 09 Sep 2012 08:11:19 -0500Just curious but what do people think the 5 people conferred on Friday can contribute financially to UCC in the future?APOB is the only one of them that might have a few quid but I'd wager he just works for a wage in Coolmore.So what is the point (ifhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29367719/honorary-doctorates-for-sportspeople?post_id=523956289#523956289Just curious but what do people think the 5 people conferred on Friday can contribute financially to UCC in the future?APOB is the only one of them that might have a few quid but I'd wager he just works for a wage in Coolmore.So what is the point (ifSun, 09 Sep 2012 07:35:37 -0500reb im sure hes typing out a very articulate reply as we speak....https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29367719/honorary-doctorates-for-sportspeople?post_id=523929687#523929687reb im sure hes typing out a very articulate reply as we speak....Sat, 08 Sep 2012 09:02:48 -0500richters, read the topic heading and the first paragraph of his post again. That's his general view formed over a number of years. In the remainder of his post he gives the current and very good example of the female GAA/Rugby player to emphasise thahttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29367719/honorary-doctorates-for-sportspeople?post_id=523928555#523928555richters, read the topic heading and the first paragraph of his post again. That's his general view formed over a number of years. In the remainder of his post he gives the current and very good example of the female GAA/Rugby player to emphasise thaSat, 08 Sep 2012 08:21:37 -0500