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If this article (https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/03/the-madness-of-college-basketball-coaches-salaries/475146/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ed

by lutorm 9y ago

If this article (https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/03/the-madness-of-college-basketball-coaches-salaries/475146/ https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/03/the-ma...) is any guide, the money made by the athletic department mostly goes to the athletic department and not to funding anything else useful.

ams6110 9y ago
I would agree, but dispute the claim that athletic scholarships are not "useful." Most collegiate athletes do not progress to professional careers in their sport. Their education (at least in theory) prepares them to be contributors to society after they graduate. Athletics is an "auxilliary enterprise" at most educational institutions. It's self-funding, thanks to alumni donations and a few high-revenue sports (basketball and football for most, maybe hockey in some areas) that fund scholarships in all the non-revenue sports like rowing, golf, track and field, etc. People like to gripe when the football coach makes more than the university president, but the football program funds that, scholarships for the players, and much more.
- rhodysurf 9y ago
  Right, in RHode Island the highest paid state employee is the URI basketball coach. However, only like 3 percent or something is actually paid by the state.
- tommorris 9y ago
  > Their education (at least in theory) prepares them to be contributors to society after they graduate. That assumption seems to be in doubt. https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/7/9/5885433/ncaa-trial-student-athletes-education https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/7/9/5885433/n... http://www.stanforddaily.com/2011/03/09/1046687/ http://www.stanforddaily.com/2011/03/09/1046687/ https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/vvan54/how-much-is-a-degree-worth-to-college-athletes-not-much https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/vvan54/how-much-is-a-d... http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/13/sports/13cnd-auburn.html?mcubz=3 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/13/sports/13cnd-auburn.html?m... http://www.npr.org/2012/11/17/165345780/online-courses-keep-grades-up-athletes-in-play http://www.npr.org/2012/11/17/165345780/online-courses-keep-...

by lutorm 9y ago

ams6110 9y ago

I would agree, but dispute the claim that athletic scholarships are not "useful." Most collegiate athletes do not progress to professional careers in their sport. Their education (at least in theory) prepares them to be contributors to society after they graduate. Athletics is an "auxilliary enterprise" at most educational institutions. It's self-funding, thanks to alumni donations and a few high-revenue sports (basketball and football for most, maybe hockey in some areas) that fund scholarships in all the non-revenue sports like rowing, golf, track and field, etc. People like to gripe when the football coach makes more than the university president, but the football program funds that, scholarships for the players, and much more.

rhodysurf 9y ago
Right, in RHode Island the highest paid state employee is the URI basketball coach. However, only like 3 percent or something is actually paid by the state.
tommorris 9y ago
> Their education (at least in theory) prepares them to be contributors to society after they graduate. That assumption seems to be in doubt. https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/7/9/5885433/ncaa-trial-student-athletes-education https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/7/9/5885433/n... http://www.stanforddaily.com/2011/03/09/1046687/ http://www.stanforddaily.com/2011/03/09/1046687/ https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/vvan54/how-much-is-a-degree-worth-to-college-athletes-not-much https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/vvan54/how-much-is-a-d... http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/13/sports/13cnd-auburn.html?mcubz=3 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/13/sports/13cnd-auburn.html?m... http://www.npr.org/2012/11/17/165345780/online-courses-keep-grades-up-athletes-in-play http://www.npr.org/2012/11/17/165345780/online-courses-keep-...