In many schools, football programs (and usually also basketball and baseball) are "revenue" programs that contribute more to the school than they cost. Additio

In many schools, football programs (and usually also basketball and baseball) are "revenue" programs that contribute more to the school than they cost. Additionally, many states require that coaching salaries above a certain threshold not be paid out of tuition dollars, so boosters are actually funding the salaries of many coaches at the FBS (fka Div I-A) level.