It's very much the opposite. Most good professors (and good teachers) would rather be doing research. Their research brings in millions and millions of federal

It's very much the opposite. Most good professors (and good teachers) would rather be doing research. Their research brings in millions and millions of federal funding, and colleges take 45%-65% off the top of each grand in the form of indirect cost recapture. Most research professors also pay some or all of their salary from their grants. And the good, successful ones, wouldn't be at that university teaching at all if the schools didn't supply the necessary research infrastructure. Those IDCs heavily subsidize the school.