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If their Humanities Dean gets paid that much, their football coach must be a billionaire from salary alone.

pc86 9y ago
I'm no fan of coaches being the most highly paid public employees in most states by any stretch (especially with the athletes earning at most a free ride and a rubber-stamped business degree), but at least the sports teams are bringing in revenue, and people willingly donate to build a new stadium, etc. The Humanities Dean isn't a revenue center for the college, and nobody is (knowingly) donating so s/he can get a new office.
- CalChris 9y ago
  Revenue is easy. Anyone can bring in revenue. Uber brings in revenue. The more important question is is the athletic department as a whole even profitable? At Berkeley, the football coaches make $16.3M. http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Cal-football-coaches-tab-hits-16-3-million-4833013.php http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Cal-footba... The law school deans make $333,847. At the same time, Cal Athletics faces largest debt among all college programs. https://www1.salary.com/CA/Berkeley/Dean-of-Law-salary.html https://www1.salary.com/CA/Berkeley/Dean-of-Law-salary.html https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-01-04/college-football-s-top-teams-are-built-on-crippling-debt https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-01-04/college-f... So your humanities deans vs revenue digression is just whataboutism.
  - ams6110 9y ago
    Most athletic departments fund not only the football coach's salary but the salaries of the coaches and staff for all the other "non-revenue" sports as well as all the scholarships. The big thing that has developed in the past decade are the conference TV deals such as the Big Ten Network. Schools make a LOT of money from that, as well as from other licensed merchandise, ticket sales, and donations. If Cal Athletics is in debt, they are doing it wrong. Athletics salaries and facilities are very visible and often breathtaking, but in general they are not the cause of tuition inflation.
    - CalChris 9y ago
      Yes, my alma mater is doing it wrong but the vast majority of athletic departments are also doing it wrong. Although I was a ‘tree’ guy when they spent the seed corn on the stadium upgrade, I do see the point of an elite sports program and ours overall is quite elite. And still Cal is doing it wrong.

pc86 9y ago

I'm no fan of coaches being the most highly paid public employees in most states by any stretch (especially with the athletes earning at most a free ride and a rubber-stamped business degree), but at least the sports teams are bringing in revenue, and people willingly donate to build a new stadium, etc. The Humanities Dean isn't a revenue center for the college, and nobody is (knowingly) donating so s/he can get a new office.

CalChris 9y ago
Revenue is easy. Anyone can bring in revenue. Uber brings in revenue. The more important question is is the athletic department as a whole even profitable? At Berkeley, the football coaches make $16.3M. http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Cal-football-coaches-tab-hits-16-3-million-4833013.php http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Cal-footba... The law school deans make $333,847. At the same time, Cal Athletics faces largest debt among all college programs. https://www1.salary.com/CA/Berkeley/Dean-of-Law-salary.html https://www1.salary.com/CA/Berkeley/Dean-of-Law-salary.html https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-01-04/college-football-s-top-teams-are-built-on-crippling-debt https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-01-04/college-f... So your humanities deans vs revenue digression is just whataboutism.
- ams6110 9y ago
  Most athletic departments fund not only the football coach's salary but the salaries of the coaches and staff for all the other "non-revenue" sports as well as all the scholarships. The big thing that has developed in the past decade are the conference TV deals such as the Big Ten Network. Schools make a LOT of money from that, as well as from other licensed merchandise, ticket sales, and donations. If Cal Athletics is in debt, they are doing it wrong. Athletics salaries and facilities are very visible and often breathtaking, but in general they are not the cause of tuition inflation.
  - CalChris 9y ago
    Yes, my alma mater is doing it wrong but the vast majority of athletic departments are also doing it wrong. Although I was a ‘tree’ guy when they spent the seed corn on the stadium upgrade, I do see the point of an elite sports program and ours overall is quite elite. And still Cal is doing it wrong.