Originally published at: Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly has unusual plan to improve team after difficult win | Boing Boing
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The repeated hits to the head have shown up.
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The executions will continue until morale improves.
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the original joke was from john mc vay, who was coach of the tampa bay bucs in their early days when they were awful. he was asked – “how do you feel about your team’s execution?” he replied, “i’m in favor of it”. much funnier with the proper set up and delivery.
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It’s less funny from the guy that sent a student cameraman up on a lift to his death.
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Still, if it’s against the 'Noles, I’d be willing to try anything. UF alumni here.
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$1,665,000 per year salary, folks.
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What an idiot. You decimate the team as a lesson to the surviving 90%.
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JFC, seriously?
For a college football coach?
Admittedly, I don’t follow college (or pro) football at all, but still.
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- Nick Saban, Alabama: $9.1 million.
- Ed Orgeron, LSU: $8.7 million.
- Dabo Swinney, Clemson: $8.3 million.
- Jimbo Fisher, Texas A & M: $7.5 million.
- Gus Malzahn, Auburn: $6.9 million.
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I’m actually not mad they pay coaches so much - but they should be paying players and athletics programs should be a boon to the education side, not a drain.
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had not heard that story
Damn. I had no idea.
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How society allows a public servant to make $9.1 million a year through the organized exploitation of unpaid and dangerous labor involving students makes absolutely zero sense – until you consider sports.
Imagine how an IRB would respond if a researcher proposed a study that subjected college students to repeated dangerous, unpaid activities for an average of 42 hrs per week – and held back $9.1 million/year for a personal stipend…
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Hey, and worth every penny! AmIRight? AmIRight?
/s
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They are at least now allowing college athletes to be paid for the use of their name and/or likeness. Granted, only the top players really benefit from that, but it’s a step.
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So how much money do sports teams bring into the universities, if any? And how much of that goes to non-sport departments?
I am being serious, I am from the UK where young players get signed by sports teams at a young age, which usually excludes them from the school league teams, unless they are going to a sports academy in which case they are already playing in the youth leagues rather than the school leagues. About 10-20 years ago there were some university teams who were in the FA Cup, Team Bath were the most successful and also got promoted to the national league (the leagues just below the professional leagues), but most of those disappeared when the FA rules changed. Oxford University FC also won the FA Cup in 1874, but the rules were very different back then.
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At the top end, popular sports like American Football and Mens Basketball can theoretically generate a bit of “profit” but most of that goes to pay for other sports programs (Volleyball, Track, etc) and very little, if any, goes back to the academic part of the university. The common thought is if you are generating excess revenue, hire more assistant coaches or build nicer locker rooms, or spend more on recruiting staff.
1 Texas | Revenue $223,879,781 | Expenses $204,234,897 | Univ Funding $0
2 Texas A&M | Revenue $212,748,002 | Expenses $169,012,456 | Univ Funding $0
3 Ohio State | Revenue $210,548,239 | Expenses $220,572,956 | Univ Funding $0
4 Michigan | Revenue $197,820,410 | Expenses $190,952,175 | Univ Funding $261,773
5 Georgia | Revenue $174,042,482 | Expenses $143,299,554 | Univ Funding $3,508,850
Once you get out of the top 20 or so, universities will spend millions in order to be competitive. Of the top 227 football programs, only 15 operated without additional university funding.
51 Oregon State | Revenue $82,058,386 | Expenses $82,364,021 | Univ Funding $11,811,725
52 Connecticut | Revenue $80,900,404 | Expenses $80,814,173 | Univ Funding $43,856,484
53 Houston | Revenue $75,049,955 | Expenses $73,678,308 | Univ Funding $48,372,196
54 Washington State | Revenue $71,691,339 | Expenses $76,258,966 | Univ Funding $5,462,015
55 Central Florida | Revenue $69,121,887 | Expenses $67,916,343 | Univ Funding $31,739,067
In almost every cases football programs actually cost universities millions to operate. Most of those funds are generated from student athletic fees which ultimately increase the cost to attend a university.
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