A look at some of those perks: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2006-11-16-coaches-salaries-cover_x.htm http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/fo

A look at some of those perks: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2006-11-16-coaches-salaries-cover_x.htm http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2006-11-16-c... "About 10% of coaches get a cut of ticket revenue; Oregon's Mike Bellotti got $631,000 [in 2006] under such a provision." I read somewhere that the football revenue from some universities can support the sports programs for all the other sports. That's probably true for the big college programs that have large fan bases, like Notre Dame and many SEC schools. Sadly, a significant part of alumni contribution can be earmarked for sports and football/basketball in particular. [Sad because this is the state of affairs, not that contributors can donate to specific programs.] Those boosters pay for the new locker rooms and stadiums. It's an arms race to get the best facilities to attract the best athletes and get wins. (I heard the facilities at NC State were impressively professional.) NY Times recently profiled Stanford's additional compensation to coaches for Palo Alto real estate: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/10/sports/ncaafootball/10stanford.html http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/10/sports/ncaafootball/10stan...