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In reply to the discussion: Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. [View all]Liberal1975
(87 posts)I'm in the minority but so actually don't have much a problem with coaches salaries. College Basketball and Football are huge industries that generate billions of dollars annually so if you look at it that way it is actually not that bad of an investment. I do agree that it is messed up that the capitalist system skews priorities but you get paid based on the revenue your profession generates (unless you are a CEO, of course)
What really pisses me off is that despite all the money these public institutions make from their sports programs (and what amounts to free labor) tuition and other costs continue to sky rocket for the average student. If they reinvested the money so that more kids could afford to be educated then it would even be a good thing. But of course this is America, I think we all know were the money goes or better said were it doesn't go, to us.