Comments on: Good Sports, Tough Sports

By: CYCLOPS

CYCLOPS — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:07:58 +0000

Gordon, I was a real fan of yours when you proposed the “party”, but really!
Athletic programs are paid for by “butts in the seats”! Butts in the seats are brought about by winning programs! Winning programs are brought about by talented, good recruiting coaches.
6 home games at an average of $15.00 per butt and 28,000 per game gives you a cool 2.4 MILLION income for the school. Now, let’s factor in all the Bowl income and the cash that the “fat-cat” alumni ponies up. Pretty basic math from here…. The growth thing and the drug thing was a stretch even for you!

By: Gordon

Gordon — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:32:10 +0000

Wow!
Cyclops actually believes that stuff about a coach making the U more than he or she is paid.
Cyclops, do you also believe the one about how cities should grow because growth pays for itself?
Or the one about how all drugs approved by the FDA are safe?
Or … oh, never mind.

By: CYCLOPS

CYCLOPS — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:57:38 +0000

Sorry guys, simply a question of supply and demand.
A winning coach MAKES the university way more than he, or she, is paid. And as long as there are so few coaches that have the ability to deliver a winning program, they will continue the admittedly obscene pay scale they enjoy.
On the other side, as long as there is an overabundance of adjuncts, they will continue to receive no security or bennies. Not a rip-off, just the reality of basic economics.

By: Treva

Treva — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 20:22:24 +0000

Thank you, Robert, for your sensible comments. As adorable as Coach “Pete” may be, I would like to see the teachers make decent money….and what’s with all these “adjuncts”? – we call them temps in the business community. No job security, no bennies, what a rip-off.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:35:08 +0000

I always loved college Football. Can’t get enough of it.
But know I’m beginning to change my thoughts a bit.
Anyone but me think there should be a cap on what these overpaid coach’s should be paid?
Should’nt there be more of this wasted money used for educating our kids? I have to ask myself. Have we lost sight of what colleges were meant to be used for?