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While the college coach is often highly paid, keep in mind that the football program usually brings in a boatload of money, and that money goes on to subsidize
by muninn_ 9y ago
While the college coach is often highly paid, keep in mind that the football program usually brings in a boatload of money, and that money goes on to subsidize other NCAA sports and in many cases even returns money back to the university.
I'm not a fan of the sports-fetish of college sports, but I do want to make a balanced point for others to consider.
- prostoalex 9y ago> football program usually brings in a boatload of money Let's ask some nice people at NCAA to quantify those boatloads. http://www.businessinsider.com/ncaa-revenue-expense-report-2011-6 http://www.businessinsider.com/ncaa-revenue-expense-report-2... "Of the 120 athletic departments in Division I-A (sorry, the Football Bowl Subdivision) just 22 were self-sufficient last year. That's actually actually an improvement from 2009, when only 14 schools turned a "profit.""
- muninn_ 9y agoAnd as your link says 58% of football programs are self-sufficient. Your link is also referring to sports programs as a whole. So yeah cut out all the women's sports and even more will be self-sustaining (not that I'm advocating that). And, it appears that more programs are making more money as time goes on. So sure boatload could be a mischaracterization, but majority certainly isn't.