New Story Santa Ono blocked from becoming UF’s next president by Board of Governors

[gatorzilla14]

Bravo to the board
standing up for character!!

Athletics over politics

 

[KearsedGator42]

HALLELUJAH
A Fabulous Move Board Of Governors Have Done Wonderful Wonderful thing!!!!!

Florida Board of Governors rejects Santa Ono as University of Florida president

The selection of the former UM president faced backlash from GOP leaders over his handling of pro-Palestine encampments and his past support of DEI.

www.gainesville.com

 

[KearsedGator42]

I Told Someone This Morning I Sure Hope The Board Votes NO!!!

 

[Zackjam50]

Yikes

 

[DC407]

Original thread already moved to the Parking Lot.

 

[GainesvilleGreen]

Same board that voted for Sasse, who grifted the shit out of UF?

 

[the_whistle]

That’s a bad look… wow. Cannot have that big of a disconnect between the trustees and the governors board. Clown show.

 

[ftball0129]

It didn't seem to matter when Richard Spencer was able to come speak on campus and disrupt the students safety.

That was 8 yrs ago and the US has changed. Besides….Florida learned a valuable lesson. Read the link below.

whem did Richard spencer speak.at.University of florida? - Google Search

 

[StevieBGator]

We better not hire some unqualified buffoon.

Can't have Ono because of our Jewish ( like me ) students? This would be a good choice. Think of all the research dollars for Jewish Space Lasers. Board of Governors would probably lover her.

 

[LordofallSocks]

So the experienced, well-respected president of Michigan, a large public university consistently ranked above Florida in academics and is also strong in sports (at least the 2 major men's sports), is not good enough for UF? I guess owning the Libs and chasing the DEI boogeyman is more important than actually running a university.

SAD.

Or maybe they doesn't want that pro Palestine anti semitic bs spreading here.

 

[NavigatorII]

Of course you would find my argument unconvincing, you can't be convinced when your only argument against him is he's a Lib and I want to own them.
His resume is EXTREMELY strong, and it is doubtful we will get anyone as respected as him to apply for the position now. But you, like so many others, believe it's easy to run a large university effectively. Maybe we should just let Trump appoint our next president. I bet you would be convinced by that.

Respected by whom?

 

[gatorzilla14]

HALLELUJAH
A Fabulous Move Board Of Governors Have Done Wonderful Wonderful thing!!!!!

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**** the board of governors
They just screwed over athletics

 

[ai3bball76]

Some of you forget the largest enrollment of Jewish students in the US is at Florida. If it is true as reported that Santa Ono allowed the antifada, free Palestine and antisemitism protesters that disrupted their campus at Michigan for at least a month disrupting the student’s safety, they could naturally follow him here to Florida - which will not be tolerated and we shouldn’t have to deal with that huge dangerous problem to protect the safety of our own students. Florida is a top academic institution & does not want to become another Columbia or Harvard with those problems. Our students are proud of their academic and athletic achievements and we want them to continue to desire to become a Gator graduate. We don’t need dangerous disruption activity

This

 

[NavigatorII]

**** the board of governors
They just screwed over athletics

Hardly. Me thinks the lady doth protest too much. Of what political lean and persuasion are all SEC schools, leaving Vanderbilt out of the equation? Who has owned college football for the most part the past 20 years? 😂

 

[gatorzilla14]

Hardly. Me thinks the lady doth protest too much. Of what political lean and persuasion are all SEC schools, leaving Vanderbilt out of the equation? Who has owned college football for the most part the past 20 years? 😂

“Who has owned college football…”

Not us that’s for sure!

 

[NavigatorII]

“Who has owned college football…”

Not us that’s for sure!

How many schools have 2 football natties in the past 20 years? Not many, Alabama,UGA and LSU excluded. Let's throw in 3 in basketball and 1 in baseball. 😂

 

[GhostOfMatchesMalone]

The board of governors can burn in hell

Found the lib.

 

[gatorzilla14]

Found the lib.

Actually I’m not. But athletics are more important than politics

 

[ghost_of_ukalum1988]

 

[gatorzilla14]

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Who’s the d-bag?

 

[GatorTrooper]

Who’s the d-bag?

Sounds like a smart man to me.

Ono cost himself this job by pandering at his last one.

 

[IrishPokerDog]

Actually I’m not. But athletics are more important than politics

If it walks like a lib, and quacks like a lib……

 

[goldmom]

Can't have Ono because of our Jewish ( like me ) students? This would be a good choice. Think of all the research dollars for Jewish Space Lasers. Board of Governors would probably lover her.

Was she a candidate? 😏

 

[StevieBGator]

Was she a candidate? 😏

Of course not, but I’ll take any chance I can get to take a shot at that anti-Semitic C—-

 

[JimGaster]

NO DEI - none!

Sounds like we dodged a Woke Loser!

 

[LordofallSocks]

NO DEI - none!

Sounds like we dodged a Woke Loser!

Woke, definitely.

Loser? Not so much.

Did you forget who won the 2024 NCAA football national championship?