College Sports Coaches Making Millions- What Do You Think?

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Here's some things I learned when I was studying education in school - these are facts - not necessarily comfortable ones - or the way we might wish things to be - but facts:

Studies have shown that many, many students don't thoroughly check out a college when applying to it - they simply assume that it's a good school if it has a famous football team. It's sad - but it's true. They're fans of the team so the school MUST be good, right???
That means that if a university has a famous football team, they get more applicants. And therefore more money. And therefore can do higher-quality research, hire better teachers, fix the library, etc. Obviously if the school has a *winning* football team, these things are even more true. And you kinda-sorta need a good coach in order to win. And winning coaches don't come cheap.

i.m.o., it's one of those cold, hard facts of life. I don't like it any more than many others might; but paying a good coach a lot of money is (at this point in time) an investment that many universities feel forced to make. 'Ya gotta be in it to win it.