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It's not the administrative salaries so much as the bloat. Look at the org chart of any major state school 30 years ago compared to today. Coach salaries tend

• munin 9y ago
  > Coach salaries tend to be eye-catching but they are generally entirely funded by the athletic department and its supporters, not tuition or state funds. This is only true at a small number of schools. Most subsidize the athletics department through fees they levy on students in addition to the normal tuition.
  • prh8 9y ago
    This is correct, in any given year there are less than 10 schools whose athletic departments are profitable. However, this simple fact ignores the positive economic impact that athletic programs can have on a university that aren't purely P&L in the department.
• valuearb 9y ago
  Athletic department revenues are entirely property of the school, and partly funded by mandatory student fees. The NCAA could cap coaches salaries at $250,000 and the line of qualified candidates to become a NCAA coach would still be out the door for every school. Instead they allow coaches and athletic directors to coordinate a conspiracy where they and their employees get to skim all of the profits of the program for themselves. When you are "forced" to pay your AD over a million dollars a year, that's the best possible thing to justify paying the president far more.
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