The highest paid assistant coach in America, Virginia Tech's defensive coordinator, Bud Foster, made waves on Wednesday when he said Virginia Tech was "looking at" fining players as a way to discipline players.
It was a bad look for a number of reasons, and that was before the above photo surfaced on the internet.
From Richmond.com:
BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech athletic director Whit Babcock said he “had no idea” that football players were being assessed fines for violations like missing team meetings or being late for meals, and says the practice has been “discontinued” effective immediately.
Images from a television monitor outside the Hokies' players' lounge on Wednesday night listed what appeared to be a fine structure and named players who had already been assessed fines.
Fines ran as low as $10 for missing a team breakfast or tutoring session, to $45 for missing a class, up to $100 for drawing a personal foul penalty.
"Virginia Tech: Where you pay US to play college football." pic.twitter.com/gjLpVaT8fE
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Only a total of $330 had been assessed so far, but it's still a terrible look given the nefarious ambiguity of these rules and the fact $330 means a lot more to college-aged amateurs than it does to the highly paid professionals watching over them.
Cincinnati apparently does this too, although unlike at Virginia Tech, its athletic director agreed with the program.
