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Ever seen Football coach, and college president salaries? For state colleges, they're often some of the highest paid employees in the state. [1] 1. https://ww
by twistedpair 4y ago
Ever seen Football coach, and college president salaries?
For state colleges, they're often some of the highest paid employees in the state. [1]
1. https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/28261213/dabo-swinney-ed-orgeron-highest-paid-state-employees https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/28261213/dabo-s...
- dgfitz 4y agoThe vast majority of coaches don't make this kind of money. I refuse to believe tuition is insanely high because of coaching salaries. I was actually under the (possibly incorrect) assumption that coaches salaries come largely from boosters and things like ticket sales, jersey sales, etc.
- twistedpair 4y agoHere's some real data for you, in a NY college no less. President of my undergrad college made $884K last year [1], but a medical school professor made nearly $2M. 1. https://nonprofitlight.com/ny/rochester/university-of-rochester https://nonprofitlight.com/ny/rochester/university-of-roches...
- mikkergp 4y agoThey're a professor for Orthopedics. Orthopedics is the highest paid specialty and at a university, Professor == Physician. Point is he's making that money for the hospital for patient services, not because of his teaching.
- temp8964 4y agoMedical schools usually have separated funding sources too. Many professors are in fact practicing medicine in their field.
- Cerealkiller050 4y agoThen you look at the revenue college football brings in to the rest of the university, the coach salaries looks like a bargain. Not only that, for most universities college football (some men's basketball) cover all the other men's and women's sports that hemorrhage money.
- leothecool 4y agoCoach salaries -would- look like a bargain if revenue correlated with win-loss rate or quite frankly any measurable activity the coaches do. But, they don't. IMO the guy in big-10 football who deserves a multi million dollar salary is the guy in the mascot fursuit.
- mbesto 4y ago> Then you look at the revenue college football brings in to the rest of the university, the coach salaries looks like a bargain. Now do this analysis while paying student-athletes salaries and tell me if the coaches are bargain.
- triceratops 4y agoI, too, can run a sports team profitably if I don't have to pay my players.
- throwawayboise 4y agoAthletics is normally (always?) a separate self-funding enterprise attached to th e university. Tutition dollars don't pay the coaches; alumni donations/gifts, sponsors, and ticket sales do.
- temp8964 4y agoNo. Football coaches don’t get salary from tuitions. Athletic department has separated funding sources.
- danaris 4y agoThis may be true for some colleges and universities, but certainly isn't universally so.