Student Debt Payback Far Worse Than Believed

Re:Student Debt Payback Far Worse Than Believed by ourmandave on Thursday January 19, 2017 @06:48AM (#13435032)

Well, there's these stats.

The highest-paid public employee in 39 US states is either a football or men's basketball coach

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-states-highest-paid-public...

But it doesn't say how much their salaries are compared to the overall budget or how much the team facilities cost.

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Re:Student Debt Payback Far Worse Than Believed by samsolomon on Thursday January 19, 2017 @07:07AM (#13435115)

That is not surprising at all. I think it probably should be the case.

Football at any SEC school or basketball at Duke generate a significant amount of money for the school—sometimes in the hundreds of millions. This revenue may subsidizes other sports programs entirely.

http://www.cheatsheet.com/sports/the-5-most-valuable-college...

If schools want to generate revenue from their sports programs, then winning is very important. What's the key to winning? Hiring the best coaches.

Edit: There is a Forbes article with more information and teams, I just hate linking to Forbes.

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Re:Student Debt Payback Far Worse Than Believed by kalleboo on Thursday January 19, 2017 @08:01AM (#13435396)

And as people continue cutting the cord and ESPN will actually have to start charging what people will pay for sports coverage, that money will disappear.

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