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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know how people have enough energy to worry about the practices of a private institution serving .01% of the population, with hundreds of substitutes for the service they provide.  Better to direct your energy towards tax payer funded public institutions that pay their football coach 10 times a university president's salary in support of an entertainment product.  Worrying about the corner cases is such a bore.[/quote]

The sports programs that pay huge salaries to coaches are almost always self funded. And the football and basketball revenue covers the cost of the non revenue sports. Yes, it's a weird thing the coaches are paid more than presidents, but it's not taxpayer or even tuition funded. [/quote]

Really, that's your story?  When the coach makes more than the combined value of all of the scholarships of the players you don't think there are massive economic distortions at work?  You analysis is a bit simplistic.[/quote]

That wasn't the point. It was responding to the point about taxpayer funded institutions. The football programs are not taxpayer funded. In many cases they also generate loyalty to the University and significant alumni giving so further reduce the need for taxpayer funding. Many of the leading publics get very little from the state (UVA under 10% for example). [/quote]

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