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In April, Florida International University made the questionable choice of hiring Isiah Thomas as their new men’s basketball coach. The hiring was idiotic; he’s never been a good coach, he’s been terrible in management positions and of course, his personal behavior can be a bit, er, erratic shall we say. Throw in that Thomas was given a 5-year $5 million contract, (although he has said he will donate his first year salary BACK to the school) and the decision makes zero sense. Now, thanks to adding in Thomas’ big money deal, the school is forced to make cutbacks elsewhere. First off, and most horribly, the cheerleading team is being scrapped!
In order for the program to be saved, the cheerleaders need to raise $50,000, which they have been attempting to do via bake sale, bikini car wash (yes!) and of course, a calendar. Now, if only the school had some money lying around, hmmm, if only they didn’t wastefully spend it on a basketball coach who will leave the program in tatters and produce zero success. If only!
Of course, if this turns out to be a move solely to prevent Isiah Thomas from being around cute college co-eds, I
wholeheartedly support it and retract all my criticism.
The Slanch Report 
I don’t think it was a move to keep Isiah away from young college girls, the cheerleaders always had an all American look to them. The university kept the scantily clad dance team on board. If the university was trying to protect Isiah i would think they would cut the team that dances around half naked instead.