Football Coaches, Institutions of Higher Learning, and Finance

[ScoopKona]

I've seen articles that show only a few schools end up making money off football because it is so expensive.

And they're probably not making any money at all on their crew teams or field hockey. But if you take the aggregate, you can see that college sports pays for itself. And then there's the donations and bequests -- that's why the university presidents roll the dice on coaches. Take away Duke's basketball team, and watch how the alumni react.

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[easyrider]

I see no relation between a student choosing a university for a finance degree, and what the football team's coach makes.

It's telling everyone what the priority is, which is recognition of sports over student. I'm surprised a guy like you didn't see this off the get go.

Bill

 

[davidvel]

It's telling everyone what the priority is which is recognition is sports over student. I'm surprised a guy like you didn't see this off the get go.

Bill

Bad overgeneralized assumption per usual. Many schools have plenty of money for both sides. Just because they pay a coach a lot of $$, does not mean they don't have sufficient resources to prioritize both sports and students studying finance.

 

[easyrider]

Bad overgeneralized assumption per usual. Many schools have plenty of money for both sides. Just because they pay a coach a lot of $$, does not mean they don't have sufficient resources to prioritize both sports and students studying finance.

It doesn't mean they don't have plenty of resources for everything but it does mean they prioritize sports over students.

Bill

 

[Rolltydr]

Just because they pay a coach a lot of $$, does not mean they don't have sufficient resources to prioritize both sports and students studying finance.

Doesn't bother me at all to pay a coach who is doing the job. You can try all you want, but there is no way you can justify to anyone but yourself, paying someone millions of dollars to sit on their ass because they failed at their job! They would have tens of millions more in resources if they didn't make such idiotic decisions.

 

[davidvel]

Doesn't bother me at all to pay a coach who is doing the job. You can try all you want, but there is no way you can justify to anyone but yourself, paying someone millions of dollars to sit on their ass because they failed at their job! They would have tens of millions more in resources if they didn't make such idiotic decisions.

When did I say that, much less try to justify "paying someone millions of dollars to sit on their ass because they failed at their job" to anyone? You really are making no sense. It is like you are arguing with the wind.

 

[Rolltydr]

Nobody else seemed to have trouble understanding. I believe you need to work on reading comprehension.

I had you on my ignore list until a couple weeks ago. Now I remember why. Thanks.

 

[Elan]

I hope Curt Cignetti sends James Franklin a nice Xmas basket this year.

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[am1]

Doesn't bother me at all to pay a coach who is doing the job. You can try all you want, but there is no way you can justify to anyone but yourself, paying someone millions of dollars to sit on their ass because they failed at their job! They would have tens of millions more in resources if they didn't make such idiotic decisions.

That is what the market decides. Just like pro sports. It is guaranteed money. I guess in pro sports it is a little different with salary caps and the games teams can play to get around cap limits but are willing to pay someone to play for another team or stay home.