Chris Doyle Takes $1+ Million Deal to Separate From Univ. of Iowa

The University of Iowa, which recently made the national news for allegations of racism by former African-American Hawkeye football players, just offered Chris Doyle, the football strength coach, a $1,112,499 deal to separate from the university. Former black players alleged that Doyle bullied and demeaned them.

His separation is long overdue. In 2011 Doyle weakened 13 Hawkeye players to a dangerous extent with an off-season relentless workout that caused a serious, sometimes fatal condition known as rhabdomyolysis. WebMD says that "Rhabdomyolysis is a serious syndrome due to a direct or indirect muscle injury. It results from the death of muscle fibers and release of their contents into the bloodstream. This can lead to serious complications such as renal (kidney) failure. This means the kidneys cannot remove waste and concentrated urine. In rare cases, rhabdomyolysis can even turn muscles to liquid and damages the kidneys and can even cause death."

One of the players must have sued the university because he got $15,000 in compensation.

Ferentz's response to Doyle's injuries to and near destruction of his team? He promoted Doyle to assistant coach of the year and raised his salary to $800,000 a year. Doyle became the highest paid "strength" coach in the country. To me, that promotion and the timing of it challenges Ferentz's judgment and fitness to be coach. It doesn't help any that offensive coach Brian Ferentz, Kirk Ferentz's son, has also been identified as part of the problem by black players,

At least one black player alleged that Chris Doyle would step on black players' fingers prior to their lifting weights. Doyle threatened to send another black player "back to the streets" though the player came from a nice home and an intact, loving, two-parent family.